Lament for a Nation
by Grant, George
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good -/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0771097506
- ISBN 13
- 9780771097508
- Seller
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto ON: McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1970. Reprint. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good -/No Jacket. 97 p.; VG-; small paperback; has PO name on ffep, some age darkening, original price sticker on cover. Interior clean and unmarked. Third reprint. Number 50 in the Carleton Library series. George Grant's classic study of the struggle for Canada's survival under pressure from American corporate capitalism. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Synopsis
Lament for a Nation is a 1965 essay of political philosophy by Canadian philosopher George Grant. The essay examined the political fate of Prime Minister John Diefenbaker's Progressive Conservative government in light of its refusal to allow nuclear arms on Canadian soil, and the Liberal party's political acceptance of the warheads.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Reading Rat (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RRIK1454
- Title
- Lament for a Nation
- Author
- Grant, George
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good -
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0771097506
- ISBN 13
- 9780771097508
- Publisher
- McClelland and Stewart Limited
- Place of Publication
- Toronto ON
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- Canada History Politics
- Bookseller catalogs
- History Politics; Canadiana;
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About the Seller
Reading Rat
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Mass Market
- Mass market paperback books, or MMPBs, are printed for large audiences cheaply. This means that they are smaller, usually 4...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...