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Table of contents :
Cover
Title
Copyright
Dedication
The Carleton Library Series
Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Prologue
1. Research Biography of a Macrosociological Study: The Vertical Mosaic
2. The Human Community
3. The Future of Upward Mobility
4. Canadian Character in the Twentieth Century
5. Ethnic Pluralism in Canadian Perspective
6. Melting Pot or Mosaic: Revolution or Reversion?
7. Mr. Trudeau and Canadian Federalism
8. Postindustrialism, Postnationalism, and Postsecondary Education
9. Power and Freedom in Canadian Democracy
10. Education, Equality and the Just Society
Appendix: The Writings of John Porter
Writing About John Porter
Index

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The Measure of Canadian Society

Carleton Library Series No. 144

"The Measure of Canadian Society/ Education, Equality and Opportunity

Introduced by Wallace Clement and with an annotated bibliography of writings about John Porter and his work by Richard C. Helmes-Hayes.

Carleton University Press Ottawa, Canada 1987

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