50 Canadians Who Changed The World
On Sale: 10/15/2013
50 Canadians Who Changed The World
On Sale: 10/15/2013
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About the Book
Amazing people who have built our present and are shaping our tomorrow
Using the successful format of How the Scots Invented Canada, Ken McGoogan takes the reader on a compelling journey throughthe lives of fifty accomplished Canadians born in the 20th century who have changed—and often continue to change—the great wide world.He discovers an astonishing array of activists, humanitarians, visionaries, scientists and inventors, all of whom have made an impact internationally. From Tommy Douglas, Pierre Trudeau, John Kenneth Galbraith, Naomi Klein, Marshall McLuhan, Stephen Lewis and Roméo Dallaire to Glenn Gould, David Suzuki, Mike Lazaridis, Margaret Atwood, Oscar Peterson, Leonard Cohen and thirty-seven others, Ken McGoogan shows us why and how Canadians move in the wider world as influencers and agents of progressive change.
Say hello to fifty Canadians who are shaping the future.
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Product Details
- ISBN: 9781443409308
- ISBN 10: 1443409308
- Imprint: Phyllis Bruce Books
- On Sale: 10/15/2013
- Pages: 344
- List Price:29.99 CAD
- BISAC1 : HISTORY / Canada / General
- BISAC2 : BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General
