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Autore: |
Reid Jennifer <1962->
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Titolo: |
Louis Riel and the creation of modern Canada [[electronic resource] ] : mythic discourse and the postcolonial state / / Jennifer Reid
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Pubblicazione: | Albuquerque, : University of New Mexico Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (328 p.) |
Disciplina: | 971.05/1 |
Soggetto topico: | Red River Resistance, Man., 1869-1870 |
Northwest Resistance, Canada, 1885 | |
Métis - Northwest, Canadian - History - 19th century | |
National characteristics, Canadian | |
Nationalism - Canada | |
Postcolonialism - Canada | |
Soggetto geografico: | Canada History |
Canada Politics and government | |
Canada Folklore | |
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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Louis Riel and the creation of modern Canada ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-283-63672-7 |
0-8263-4417-8 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910782606903321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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