Donald Wright
Canada: A Very Short Introduction
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Canada is not one nation, but three: English Canada, Quebec, and First Nations. Yet as a country Canada is very successful, in part because it maintains national diversity through bilingualism, multiculturalism, and federalism. Alongside this contemporary openness Canada also has its own history to contend with; with a legacy of broken treaties and residential schools for its Indigenous peoples, making reconciliation between Canada and First Nations an ongoingjourney, not a destination.Drawing on history, politics, and literature, this Very Short Introduction starts at the end of the last ice age, when the melting of the ice sheets opened the…
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Canada is not one nation, but three: English Canada, Quebec, and First Nations. Yet as a country Canada is very successful, in part because it maintains national diversity through bilingualism, multiculturalism, and federalism. Alongside this contemporary openness Canada also has its own history to contend with; with a legacy of broken treaties and residential schools for its Indigenous peoples, making reconciliation between Canada and First Nations an ongoingjourney, not a destination.Drawing on history, politics, and literature, this Very Short Introduction starts at the end of the last ice age, when the melting of the ice sheets opened the northern half of North America to Indigenous peoples, and covers up to today's anthropogenic climate change, and Canada's climate politics. Donald Wright emphasizes Canada's complexity and diversity as well as its different identities and its commitment to rights, and explores its historical relationship to Great Britain, andits ongoing relationship with the United States. Finally, he examines Canada's northern realities and its northern identities.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-19-107152-2
- EAN: 9780191071522
- Produktnummer: 34421798
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 144 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 886 KB
Über den Autor
A specialist in Canadian history and politics, Donald Wright teaches at the University of New Brunswick in Canada. His books have included The Professionalization of History in English Canada (University of Toronto Press, 2005), which was shortlisted by the Canadian Historical Association for the Sir John A. Macdonald Prize for best book in Canadian history, and Donald Creighton: A Life in History (University of Toronto Press, 2015). He was alsoco-editor for Symbols of Canada (Between the Lines Press, 2018) with Michael Dawson and Catherine Gidney.
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