Mirrors of a Generation

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Mirrors of a Generation

The Company of Young Canadians, Youth Activism, and Community Development, 1965-1976

Brushett, Kevin

McGill-Queen's University Press

02/2026

552

Mole

Inglês

9780228026754

15 a 20 dias

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Figures vii
Acknowledgments xi
Abbreviations xv

Introduction: Animated Youth and the State in the Long Sixties 3

Part One: The Company, 1965-1970

1 From Eager Beavers to Shit Disturbers: The Origins of the Company 21

2 Into the Field: CYC Volunteers and the War on Poverty, 1966-1970 50

3 "The Company of Hip, Radical, Turned-On Canadians": The CYC and Youth, 1966-1975 88

4 The Company and the "Indian" 116

5 The Compagnie des jeunes Quebecois: The CYC in Quebec, 1965-1970 169

Part Two: The Company, 1970-1976

6 The Company Is Dead - Long Live the Company of Young Canadians 205

7 Zeroing In on People: The Company in Urban English Canada, 1970-1976 233

8 Going Down the Road Again: The Company in Atlantic Canada, 1970-1976 262

9 The Sleeping Giant of Social Change: The CYC and Second-Wave Feminism 293

10 The Second Front and the Third Sector: The Company in Quebec, 1970-1976 326

Conclusion: The CYC and the Legacy of Sixties Youth

Activism 361
Notes 379
Bibliography 467
Index 501
Social movements;civil society organizations;New Left;Anti-poverty activism;Indigenous Activism;Social policy;Community organization;Canada Politics 1965-1976;Canada Government 1965-1976;Youth Political Activity;Volunteerism;War;Poverty;animation sociale