{"product_id":"9780802068422","title":"Fool for Christ: The Intellectual Politics of J.S. Woodsworth","description":"\u003cp\u003eJames Shaver Woodsworth (1874-1942) stands as one of the half-dozen most important national political figures in twentieth-century Canadian history. Allen Mills acknowledges his outstanding achievements while providing a critical account of the Woodsworth legacy and revising the received opinion of him as a man of unbending conviction and ever-coherent principle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA product of western Canada's pioneer society and a stern Methodist household, Woodsworth grew up to make his way into social service and politcal action. A member of parliament for over twenty years, he rejected the traditional forms of political activity, seeking a new politics and a new political party. The latter turned out to be the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation founded in 1932. Its first leader was Woodsworth himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a crucial period between the World Wars, Woodsworth helped define the character of the modern Canadian, non-Marxist Left and of many of Canada's important economic and social institutions. Among them are the welfare state, the Bank of Canada, and Canada's internationalist role in the contemporary world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47016372044016,"sku":"9780802068422","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780802068422_p0.jpg?v=1763726140","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780802068422","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}