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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824172703321

Autore

Francis Daniel

Titolo

National dreams [[electronic resource] ] : myth, memory, and Canadian history / / Daniel Francis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Vancouver, : Arsenal Pulp Press, c1997

ISBN

1-282-64383-5

9786612643835

1-55152-330-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 p.)

Disciplina

971

Soggetti

Group identity - Canada

Popular culture - Canada

Canada History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

4th printing.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 194-207) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION: The Story of Canada; CHAPTER ONE: Making Tracks: The Myth of the CPR; CHAPTER TWO: The Mild West: The Myth of the RCMP; CHAPTER THREE: Your Majesty's Realm: The Myth of the Master Race; CHAPTER FOUR: The Infantilization of Quebec: The Myth of Unity; CHAPTER FIVE: Divided We Stand: The Myth of Heroism; CHAPTER SIX: The Ideology of the Canoe: The Myth of Wilderness; CHAPTER SEVEN: Great White Hope: The Myth of North; CONCLUSION: History in an Age of Anxiety; Endnotes; Photo Sources; Sources Consulted; Index

Sommario/riassunto

National Dreams is an incisive study of the most persistent icons and stories in Canadian history.