Plateaus of Freedom: Nationality, Culture, and State Security in Canada, 1940-1960
ISBN: 9781442623156
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Toronto Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter



The security and cultural policy measures examined here, from the RCMP investigations at the National Film Board that led to numerous firings, to the harassment of the extraordinary African-American singer and Soviet sympathizer Paul Robeson, 'attest to the fragility and the enduring power of art to effect social change'.


Kristmanson Mark :

Mark Kristmanson recieved his doctorate in Humanities from Concordia University in Montreal. He has worked widely in the arts in Canada as a writer/director, administrator, and consultant.

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