Page 137 of 691
The Ideas of William Cotton : A Marxist View of Canadian Society, 1908-14.
| Type of resource | |
|---|---|
| Author/collaborator |
|
| Title |
The Ideas of William Cotton : A Marxist View of Canadian Society, 1908-14.
|
| Abstract |
William Ulric Cotton (1879-1945) was born in the Eastern Townships and educated at McGill University, where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1901, and a law degree in 1904. In 1908 he purchased the Cowansville Observer, a Missisquoi County community newspaper, and changed its name to Cotton's Weekly. It became a national paper devoted, as its mast head inscription read, to "...the propagation of the principles of International Socialism." It had a circulation as high as 30,000 subscribers. In its pages, the author notes, Cotton advocated a particular socialist ideology and applied it to his analysis of Canadian society. In 1914, following the outbreak of the First World War, Cotton's Weekly moved to Toronto and its name was changed to the Canadian Forward. William Cotton severed his ties with the paper when it moved out of Cowansville, and his active involvement in socialism also ended in 1914. His obituary in the Montreal Gazette on June 19, 1945, makes no mention of his newspaper or his earlier political leanings.
|
| Type |
Master's Thesis
|
| University |
University of Ottawa
|
| Place |
Ottawa, ON
|
| Date |
1978
|
| # of Pages |
ii-191p.
|
| Language |
en
|
| URL | |
| Citation |
Penton, Edward M. “The Ideas of William Cotton : A Marxist View of Canadian Society, 1908-14.” Master’s Thesis, University of Ottawa, 1978. https://ruor.uottawa.ca/bitstream/10393/8051/1/MK44125.PDF.
|
| Find in a library | |
| Permalink |
Page 137 of 691
