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Robert A. Wardhaugh chronicles Clark's contributions to Canada's modern state in Behind the Scenes, which reconstructs the public life and ideas of one of Canada's most important bureaucrats.
Brief description:
Robert A. Wardhaugh is an associate professor in the Department of History at the University of Western Ontario.
Review Quotes: 'Wardhaugh's biography is comprehensive, exhaustively reviewing the archival sources, well written and a pleasure to read... For anyone interested in the history and politics of mid-twentieth-century Canada, this is an essential read.'--Colin Campbell; British Journal of Canadian Studies: vol 24:02:2011
'William Clifford Clark was a creator of modern Canada, but he was remarkably little known-until now. Robert A. Wardhaugh's able biography puts this pre-eminent Ottawa Man into the spotlight at last.'--J.L. Granatstein, author of The Ottawa Men
'Behind the Scenes reconstructs the public life and ideas of one of Canada's most important civil servants-William Clifford Clark, who exerted a profound influence on the conduct of the whole of the public service. Deserving of a wide readership, this accessible work adds valuable insights and new details to what was a formative chapter in Canadian political and economic history.'--Matthew Bellamy, Department of History, Carleton University