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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450489003321

Titolo

Canada and the end of empire [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Phillip Buckner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Vancouver, : UBC Press, c2005

ISBN

0-7748-5129-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BucknerPhillip A <1942-> (Phillip Alfred)

Disciplina

971.06

Soggetti

Postcolonialism - Canada

Nationalism - Canada - History

Electronic books.

Canada History 20th century

Canada Relations Great Britain

Great Britain Relations Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Canada and the End of Empire""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Imperial Twilight, or When Did the Empire End?""; ""2 Canadian Relations with the United Kingdom at the End of Empire, 1956- 73""; ""3 'Ready, Aye, Ready No More?" Canada, Britain, and the Suez Crisis in the Canadian Press""; ""4 The Last Great Royal Tour: Queen Elizabeth's 1959 Tour to Canada""; ""5 "An Objective of US Foreign Policy since the Founding of the Republic": The United States and the End of Empire in Canada""; ""6 Britain, Europe, and Diefenbaker's Trade Diversion Proposals, 1957- 58""

""7 Customs Valuations and Other Irritants: The Continuing Decline of Anglo- Canadian Trade in the 1960's""""8 Asleep at the Wheel? British Motor Vehicle Exports to Canada, 1945- 75""; ""9 Britain, Europe, and the Other Quiet Revolution in Canada""; ""10 Nostalgia and National Identity: The History and Social Studies Curricula of Alberta and Ontario at the End of Empire""; ""11 The Persistence of Britain: The Culture Project in Postwar Canada""; ""12 From Guthrie to Greenberg: Canadian High Culture and the End of Empire""

""13 Ontario's Agenda in Post-Imperial Constitutional Negotiations,



1949- 68""""14 The Last Gasp of Empire: The 1964 Flag Debate Revisited""; ""15 One Flag, One Throne, One Empire: The IODE, the Great Flag Debate, and the End of Empire""; ""16 More Royal than Canadian? The Royal Canadian Navy's Search for Identity, 1910- 68""; ""17 Technology and Empire: The Ideas of Harold A. Innis and George P. Grant""; ""18 Petitioning the Great White Mother: First Nations Organizations and Lobbying in London""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""