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OverviewEugene T. Kingsley led an extraordinary life. Born in mid-nineteenth-century New York,y 1890 he was a railway brakeman in Montana. An accident left him a double amputee and politically radicalized, and his socialist activism that followed took him north of the border where he eventually was considered by the government to be “one of the most dangerous men in Canada”. Able to Lead traces Kingsley’s political journey from soapbox speaker in San Francisco to prominence in the Socialist Party of Canada. Ravi Malhotra and Benjamin Isitt illuminate a figure who shaped a generation of Canadian leftists during a time when it was uncommon for disabled men to lead. They examine Kingsley’s endeavours for justice against the Northern Pacific Railway, and how Kingsley’s life intersected with immigration law and free-speech rights. Able to Lead brings a turbulent period in North American history to life, highlighting Kingsley’s profound legacy for the twenty-first-century political left. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ravi Malhotra , Benjamin IsittPublisher: University of British Columbia Press Imprint: University of British Columbia Press ISBN: 9780774865777ISBN 10: 0774865776 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 01 December 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Incident at Spring Gulch: Disablement, Litigation, and the Birth of a Revolutionary 2 California Radical: Fighting for Free Speech and Running for Congress in the Socialist Labor Party 3 Crossing the Line: Eugene Kingsley Arrives in British Columbia 4 No Compromise: Kingsley and the Socialist Party of Canada 5 Kingsley and the State 6 The Twilight Years: Kingsley and the 1920s Canadian Left Conclusion Appendix 1: Timeline of the Life and Political Times of E.T. Kingsley Appendix 2: E.T. Kingsley Election Results Appendix 3: Partial Record of E.T. Kingsley’s Public Speeches and Lectures Appendix 4: Obituary for E.T. Kingsley Notes; IndexReviewsThe authors' focus on this historical figure enriches and widens the lens on BC's history. -- Janet Nicol * BC Studies * Able to Lead... portrays the fractured politics of the B.C. labour left, providing an admiring account of the role of one man in that process... [the book] should achieve its stated goal of encouraging a new perception of the capabilities of disabled people while also prompting a rethink of the early North American left. -- Ron Verzuh, documentary filmmaker * The Ormsby Review * Able to Lead paints a vivid picture of a fascinating political figure whose oratory one would have liked to have experienced first-hand. -- Giselle Gerolami * Against the Current * ...the book provides a rich and lively account of a dynamic period in the history of the Canadian left- and tantalizing glimpses of an extraordinary man who lived in the thick of it. -- John Baglow * Literary Review of Canada * Able to Lead restores E.T. Kingsley as a major figure among radical labour activists-all the more notable given his visible disability, which was not common among prominent political activists of his time. A welcome addition to disability history. -Geoffrey Reaume, York University Malhotra and Isitt argue that Kingsley was a-perhaps the-central figure in Canadian socialism before the First World War. This is an informed and nuanced history of disability and legal history. -James Naylor, Brandon University Able to Lead is a striking and essential retrieval of a life previously untold. As a disabled, working class radical, Kinglsey's story is a novel addition to North American biographies. -James Muir, University of Alberta Able to Lead restores E.T. Kingsley as a major figure among radical labour activists-all the more notable given his visible disability, which was not common among prominent political activists of his time. A welcome addition to disability history. -- Geoffrey Reaume, York University Malhotra and Isitt argue that Kingsley was a-perhaps the-central figure in Canadian socialism before the First World War. This is an informed and nuanced history of disability and legal history. -- James Naylor, Brandon University Able to Lead is a striking and essential retrieval of a life previously untold. As a disabled, working class radical, Kinglsey's story is a novel addition to North American biographies. -- James Muir, University of Alberta Author InformationRavi Malhotra is a professor in the Faculty of Law and cross-appointed to the School of Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Ottawa. He is the co-author, with Morgan Rowe, of Exploring Disability Identity and Disability Rights through Narratives: Finding a Voice of Their Own. Benjamin Isitt is a historian and legal scholar based in Victoria, British Columbia. He is the author of From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Expedition, 1917–19 and Militant Minority: British Columbia Workers and the Rise of a New Left, 1948–1972, among other publications. Malhotra and Isitt are also co-editors of Disabling Barriers: Social Movements, Disability History and the Law. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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