Canadians and foreign policy : the record of an independent investigation / / Fred Alexander

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910797223203321
• Autore: Alexander Fred <1899-1996, >
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Toronto, Ontario] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1960; ©1960
• ISBN: 1-4426-5625-5; 1-4426-3297-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (167 p.)
• Collana: Heritage
• Disciplina: 327.71
• Soggetti: Public opinion - Canada; Electronic books.; Canada Relations; Canada Civilization
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- CONTENTS -- CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION -- 1 Objectives and Methods -- 2 A Central Theme -- 3 Personalities and Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER II: ECONOMIC REALITIES -- 1 An Industrial Revolution -- 2 Psychological Consequences -- 3 Canadian Oil -- 4 Surplus Grain -- 5 International Unions -- CHAPTER III: STRATEGIC INTERESTS -- 1 Prewar Strategic Relations -- 2 Early Postwar Changes -- 3 Ogdensburg to NORAD -- 4 Resultant Dissatisfactions -- 5 Realistic Requirements -- 6 Persistent Problems -- CHAPTER IV: POLITICAL TRENDS -- 1 Political Systems and International Diplomacy -- 2 C.C.F.-C.L.C. New Party Prospects -- 3 A Liberal Revival? -- 4 Question: Are Canadian Party Politics More Basically British or North American? -- CHAPTER V: CULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS -- 1 The Pervasiveness of American "Cultural" Penetration -- 2 The Forces of Resistance -- 3 The Role of the C.B.C. -- 4 The Canada Council -- CHAPTER VI: IDEALIST AND SPIRITUAL INFLUENCES -- 1 Churchmen and Politics -- 2 Idealism and the Individual -- 3 Religion and Canadian-American Relations -- 4 Non Roman Catholics and Canadian Nationalism -- CHAPTER VII: ; NATIONALISM AND REGIONALISM -- 1 The Search for a Positive Nationalism -- 2 Industrialisation and the French Canadians -- 3 Economic Realities and the Maintenance of a Distinctive Canadian Identity -- CHAPTER VIII: SOUTH OF THE BORDER -- 1 Americans' Ignorance of Canada -- 2 United States Grievances and Criticisms -- 3 "Taking Canadians for Granted -- CHAPTER IX: THE WORLD AT LARGE -- 1 China and the Pacific -- 2 A Modus Vivendi with Moscow? -- 3 India, the West Indies and Immigration -- 4 Canada and the Commonwealth -- CHAPTER X: CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX -- Extracts from the Reports of the Hays-Coffin Special Study Mission to Canada -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T.; U -- V -- W.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book has the general quality of highlighting through the eyes of an independent observer the important problems of Canadian attitudes to foreign policy.