02926nam 2200733 a 450 991045388610332120200520144314.01-283-63672-70-8263-4417-8(CKB)1000000000720206(EBL)1118995(OCoLC)817819363(SSID)ssj0000194471(PQKBManifestationID)11175259(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000194471(PQKBWorkID)10232593(PQKB)11500513(MiAaPQ)EBC1118995(OCoLC)312463591(MdBmJHUP)muse7487(Au-PeEL)EBL1118995(CaPaEBR)ebr10492240(EXLCZ)99100000000072020620080418d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLouis Riel and the creation of modern Canada[electronic resource] mythic discourse and the postcolonial state /Jennifer ReidAlbuquerque University of New Mexico Pressc20081 online resource (328 p.)Religions of the Americas seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8263-4415-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-309) and index.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 CoverReid 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.Religions of the Americas series.Red River Rebellion, 1869-1870Riel Rebellion, 1885MétisNorthwest, CanadianHistory19th centuryNational characteristics, CanadianNationalismCanadaPostcolonialismCanadaCanadaHistoryCanadaPolitics and governmentCanadaFolkloreElectronic books.Red River Rebellion, 1869-1870.Riel Rebellion, 1885.MétisHistoryNational characteristics, Canadian.NationalismPostcolonialism971.05/1Reid Jennifer1962-862271MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453886103321Louis Riel and the creation of modern Canada1924837UNINA