Social Credit Manual : Social Credit as Applied to the Province of Alberta

Construction paper covers, saddle stitched with staples, 64 pages, 4.5x6.5 in - 12x16.5 cm, illustrated in B&W.

Covers sunned and soiled, back cover creased at corners. Title page and p.5 stamped by previous owner, p.41 lightly stained, pp.63-64 bear tidelines. Pages age-tanned, many pages lightly creased at top corner or gutter.

In 1935 William Aberhart founded Alberta’s Social Credit Party, serving as its first leader. That same year Alberta elected a Social Credit government, beginning Aberhart’s seven-year tenure as Premier (until his death in 1943). In this slim volume, Aberhart introduces the basic elements of social credit theory. He sketches the causes of financial difficulty for Alberta’s citizens, outlines the major tenets of social credit as a solution to those problems, and uses a question-and-answer format to explain how social credit works while rebutting its critics. Advertisement from Alberta (mostly, Calgary) businesses appear throughout the booklet. Peel(3) 5831.