{"product_id":"9781442643109","title":"Jean Monnet and Canada: Early Travels and the Idea of European Unity","description":"\u003cp\u003eJean Monnet (1888-1979) is often viewed as the chief architect of the European Coal and Steel Community, which over time evolved into today's European Union. Monnet spent his early years working as an agent for his father, a cognac producer. It was this experience that took him to Scandinavia, England, the United States, and most importantly Canada, where he was exposed to the country's unique form of federalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on a wide variety of empirical sources, including unpublished documents, correspondence, and original historical data extracted from archives both in Canada and Europe, Trygve Ugland's \u003ci\u003eJean Monnet and Canada\u003c\/i\u003e argues that the extensive period of time Monnet spent in Canada between 1907 and 1914 had a formative influence on the achievements of his later years, particularly on the institutional 'construction of Europe.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47015040450800,"sku":"9781442643109","price":22.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781442643109_p0.jpg?v=1763810669","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781442643109","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}