Getting Hired: The Civil Service Act of 1857
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Getting Hired: The Civil Service Act of 1857
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Abstract |
In 1857, Canada passed the Civil Service Act, which made a first attempt to define uniform personnel policies for its emerging bureaucracy. Applicants were most frequently urban middle-class men, born either in the United Kingdom or Canada East.
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Journal of the Canadian Historical Association/Revue de la Société historique du Canada
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New Series, Vol. 3
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95-127
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1992
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Language |
en
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Citation |
Piva, Michael J. “Getting Hired: The Civil Service Act of 1857.” Journal of the Canadian Historical Association/Revue de la Société historique du Canada New Series, Vol. 3 (1992): 95–127.
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