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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456438003321

Titolo

Canada and the British world [[electronic resource] ] : culture, migration, and identity / / edited by Phillip Buckner and R. Douglas Francis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Vancouver, : UBC Press, c2006

ISBN

1-282-74100-4

9786612741005

0-7748-5504-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (366 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BucknerPhillip A <1942-> (Phillip Alfred)

FrancisR. D <1944-> (R. Douglas)

Disciplina

303.48/27104109034

Soggetti

Nationalism - Canada - History

Nationalisme - Canada - Histoire

Electronic books.

Canada Relations Great Britain

Great Britain Relations Canada

Canada Civilization British influences

Canada History 19th century

Canada History 20th century

Canada Histoire 19e siècle

Canada Histoire 20e siècle

Canada Relations Grande-Bretagne

Grande-Bretagne Relations Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Limited edition of 400 copies.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Information Wanted: Women Emigrants in a Transatlantic World""; ""2 Self-Reflection in the Consolidation of Scottish Identity: A Case Study in Family Correspondence, 1805-50""; ""3 Entering the Christian World: Indigenous Missionaries in Rupert's Land""; ""4 Law and British Culture in the Creation of British North America""; ""5 New Brunswick Women Travelers and the British Connection, 1845-1905""



""6 Our Glorious Anglo-Saxon Race Shall Ever Fill Earth's Highest Place: The Anglo-Saxon and the Construction of Identity in Late-Nineteenth-Century Canada""""7 Canada's Boys An Imperial or National Asset? Response to Baden-Powell's Boy Scout Movement in Pre-War Canada""; ""8 Part of the British Empire, Too: French Canada and Colonization Propaganda""; ""9 Competing Visions: Canada, Britain, and the Writing of the First World War""; ""10 Claiming Cavell: Britishness and Memoralization""

""11 Scrutinizing the Submerged Tenth: Salvation Army Immigrants and Their Reception in Canada""""12 Enigmas in Hebridean Emigration: Crofter Colonists in Western Canada""; ""13 Nation-Building in Saskatchewan: Teachers from the British Isles in Saskatchewan Rural Schools in the 1920's""; ""14 Brushes, Budgets, and Butter: Canadian Culture and Identity at the British Empire Exhibition, 1924-25""; ""15 Instructor to Empire: Canada and the Rhodes Scholarship, 1902-39""

""16 The Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission in the 1930's: How Canada's First Public Broadcaster Negotiated Britishness""""17 Canadian Labour Politics and the British Model, 1920-50""; ""18 Historical Perspective on Britain: The Ideas of Canadian Historians Frank H. Underhill and Arthur R.M. Lower""; ""19 The Monarchy, the Mounties, and Ye Olde English Fayre: Identity at All Saints Anglican, Edmonton, 1875-1990s""; ""Contributors""; ""Index"";