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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453886103321

Autore

Reid Jennifer <1962->

Titolo

Louis Riel and the creation of modern Canada [[electronic resource] ] : mythic discourse and the postcolonial state / / Jennifer Reid

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albuquerque, : University of New Mexico Press, c2008

ISBN

1-283-63672-7

0-8263-4417-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (328 p.)

Collana

Religions of the Americas series

Disciplina

971.05/1

Soggetti

Red River Rebellion, 1869-1870

Riel Rebellion, 1885

MeĢtis - Northwest, Canadian - History - 19th century

National characteristics, Canadian

Nationalism - Canada

Postcolonialism - Canada

Electronic books.

Canada History

Canada Politics and government

Canada Folklore

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 (p. 289-309) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of Maps; Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1: Setting the Stage: The North-West to 1885; 2: Canadian Myths and Canadian Identity; 3: Nation-States and National Discourses; 4: Violence and State Creation; 5: Revolution, Identity, and Canada; 6: Riel and the Canadian State; 7: Heterogeneity and the Postcolonial State; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Reid offers a look at the religious background of Louis Riel who was hung for his role in fomenting revolutions in the Canadian North-West Territory but has now become a national hero.