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a biography

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An edition of Arthur Irwin (1993)

Arthur Irwin

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From 1925 to 1950 Arthur Irwin was the driving force behind the success of Maclean's Magazine, first as associate editor, then managing editor, and, finally, as editor. He had strong views on what it meant to be Canadian, and under his direction Maclean's was moulded into 'Canada's National Magazine,' mirroring the development of Canada as an independent nation in the twentieth century.

In the years before the outbreak of the Second World War, he was at the centre of the Maclean company's investigation of the Department of National Defence's system of defence contracting, or what has become known as the 'Bren Gun Scandal.' In the 1940s Irwin actively sought out writers of talent and potential and gradually added to the magazine's staff many Canadian writers who went on to distinguished careers, including Ralph Allen, Pierre Berton, Blair Fraser, and Scott Young.

After leaving Maclean's in 1950, Irwin was appointed film commissioner at the National Film Board, during a time when the board's survival was in doubt because of allegations of espionage and subversion. Irwin was the man called in to deal with the NFB's 'red scare,' and, afterwards, he reorganized the board and moved its operations from Ottawa to Montreal. Irwin subsequently went on to a career as a diplomat: he was appointed high commissioner in Australia, and ambassador to Brazil and Mexico.

In his last professional position he was publisher of a Victoria newspaper. This book, in describing a man who was profoundly representative of his times, and whose presence in major Canadian institutions was influential, captures the mood of Irwin's period, and raises important questions about the roots of present-day Canadian nationalism and cultural identity.

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English
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323

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Arthur Irwin: a biography
1993, University of Toronto Press
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-310) and index.

Published in
Toronto, Buffalo

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
070.5/1/092
Library of Congress
PN4913.I79 M33 1993

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 323 p., [16] p. of plates :
Number of pages
323

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1169591M
Internet Archive
arthurirwinbiogr0000mack
ISBN 10
080202632X
LCCN
94151982
OCLC/WorldCat
28019679
Goodreads
4636732

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