Contents, Volume 11 #1

March/April 1993

Dossier

The Dirty Thirties

Fourth instalment in
Compass's series on
the twentieth century

Leader
Why do the 1930s seem so depressingly familiar? Martin Royackers SJ (p.2)

From Stock Market Crash to Phony War
For millions of people, the 1930s were mainly years of pain, suffering and turmoil. Lukin Robinson (p.6)

Back to the 1930s. Duncan Cameron

Latin America's response. Liisa North

The Antigonish Movement
Church-led movement for social reform emphasized education and economic democracy. Greg MacLeod (p.14)

Corporatism and fascism. Charles Fernandes

Emmanuel Mounier. John Hellman

Dorothy Day. Daniel Berrigan SJ

The Political Messiahs
Pattullo, Hepburn, Aberhart and Duplessis appealed to desperate Canadians. Allan Levine (p.21)

Tough times on the prairies. Gail Burns

Norman Bethune. Andrée Lévesque

Domestic service. Tracy Wynne

Grey Owl. Donald B. Smith

Hollywood's Oblique Look at the Depression
Films that dealt directly and analytically with America's dark side were rare. Marc Gervais SJ (p.30)

Birth of the CBC. Mary Vipond

Jean Cocteau. David Blostein

Soviet writers. Ioan Davies

Kurt Weill. Tom Kneebone

Picasso's Guernica. Peter Larisey SJ

St. John the Compassionate
Bishop of Alexandria breathed a fresh spirit in a dark and tense time. Roberto Ubertino (p.39)

Books

In the Eye of the Catholic Storm
By Mary Jo Leddy, Remi de Roo and Douglas Roche. Reviewed by John Coleman SJ (p.41)

Illustrations of Being
By Graeme Nicholson. Reviewed by Duane Falconer SJ (p.44)

Features

Letters
Of mountains and telescopes. (p.4)

Compass Cryptic
Masseur in the shrubbery and teetotaller free of restraint. (p.4)

Points
Effing the ineffable, walking the talk and echoes of the 1930s. (p.5)

Colloquy
The someone you love is eternal. Nancy Marrocco (p.40)

Testament
Samaritan's opportunity for freedom. Christophe F. Potworowski (p.47)