While the 1950s in Canada were years of social conformity, it was
also a time of political, economic, and technological change.
Against a background of growing prosperity, federal and provincial
politics became increasingly competitive, intergovernmental
relations became more contentious, and Canada's presence in the
world expanded. The life expectancy of Canadians increased as the
social pathologies of poverty, crime, and racial, ethnic, and
gender discrimination were in retreat. 1950s Canada illuminates the
fault lines around which Canadian politics and public affairs have
revolved. Chronicling the themes and events of Canadian politics
and public affairs during the 1950s, Nelson Wiseman reviews social,
economic, and cultural developments during each year of the decade,
focusing on developments in federal politics, intergovernmental
relations, provincial affairs, and Canada's role in the world. The
book examines Canada's subordinate relationship first with Britain
and then the United States, the interplay between Quebec's distinct
society and the rest of Canada, and the regional tensions between
the inner Canada of Ontario and Quebec and the outer Canada of the
Atlantic and western provinces. Through this record of major events
in the politics of the decade, 1950s Canada sheds light on the
rapid altering of the fabric of Canadian life.
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