Books in the Ontario Historical Studies S. series

Margaret Evans's biography of Mowat is in some ways the story of a golden age in the Ontario's history and the establishment of Ontario, through Mowat's stubborn struggle with Ottawa, as the dominant province in Confederation.

'James Struthers acknowledges the complexity of the subject and does not oversimplify issues. This often requires a skillful balancing act as bureaucratic imperatives, political pressures, ' the spirit of the times, ' private social agencies, social work professionals, the unemployed, labor unions, federal-provincial and provincial-municipal relations all interact in the shaping of welfare policy. He is scrupulous in giving due weight to all these variables.'-----James M. Pitsula, Professor of History, University of Regina.