Jean Monnet and Canada

Jean Monnet and Canada
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Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Total Pages : 137
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ISBN-10 : 9781442643109
ISBN-13 : 1442643102
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Book Synopsis Jean Monnet and Canada by : Trygve Ugland

Download or read book Jean Monnet and Canada written by Trygve Ugland and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Jean 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. Drawing on a wide variety of empirical sources, including unpublished documents, correspondence, and original historical data extracted from archives both in Canada and Europe, Trygve Ugland's Jean Monnet and Canada argues that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.'"--Publisher description.

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