Newfoundland's Era of Corruption: Responsible Government 1855-1933

pictorial paper covers, xiv, 232 pages : illustrations, very good copy,CONTENTS: Campaign funds from Bootlegging -- Kickbacks from Bell Island Mines -- West Country Merchants to Water Street Merchants -- Prime Minister and seventeen MHAs convicted -- Railway robbery -- Biggest resource giveaway -- No place for an honest Prime Minister -- Corruption spreads -- Destitution sparks riot -- Politicians bribed to surrender independence -- Starvation, misery and despair -- Era of rotten governments -- British Prime Minister wanted to end Merchant Control." A sad commentary detailing this entire era is the only one Prime Minister Sir Robert Bond preserved in his private papers. This was to assure future historians would have no reason to question his integrity. It was a banner day in Newfoundland history in 1949 when that whole sorry era was laid to rest."

Product Info

ISBN: 177103016X

ISBN-13: 9781771030168

Publisher: Breakwater Books Ltd.

Year: 2013

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

First Edition

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HarryEBagleyBooks

Address: P.O. Box 691 Fredericton, New Brunswick

Website: https://www.bagbooks.com

Country: Canada