BA (Trent), DPhil (Oxon)
Modern British History, Social and Cultural History, Mass Media, Propaganda, Tourism
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Dr. Grant has a B.A. Honours degree in history from Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario, and a doctorate in history from the University of Oxford. Her doctoral research was on the history of government propaganda in England under the supervision of the noted british historian Asa Briggs. She taught at the University of Saskatchewan and Trent University, before joining the department at UVic in 1990.
Books:
Propaganda and the Role of the State in Inter-War Britain (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1994).
Articles and chapters:
"Towards a Central Office of Information: Continuity and Change in Government Information Policy, 1939-1951." Journal of contemporary History, volume 34, no. 1, January 1999.
"The National Health Campaigns of 1937-1938." Cities, Class and Communication: Essays in Honour of Asa Briggs. Harvester Press, 1990.