Philip Resnick is Professor of Political Science at the University of British Columbia. He is the author of many books, including The European Roots of Canadian Identity.

Resnick has offered an insightful little work that will doubtless prompt much debate. There is much that unites-and entangles-these three countries, and in helping readers through the resulting labyrinth, Resnick is an able guide. - American Review of Canadian Studies

• Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Quetzalcoatl's Heirs 2. Chosen Peoples 3. Trajectories to Independence 4. "Language Has Always Been the Perfect Instrument of Empire" 5. Manifest Destiny and the Fate of a Continent 6. Market Society and Possessive Individualism 7. Democracy and Its Discontents 8. The Protean State 9. New World Utopias and Dystopias 10. An Archipelago of Regions 11. A North American Civilization? 12. Dwellers of the Labyrinth Bibliography Index

Philip Resnick is Professor of Political Science at the University of British Columbia. He is the author of many books, including The European Roots of Canadian Identity.

Resnick has offered an insightful little work that will doubtless prompt much debate. There is much that unites-and entangles-these three countries, and in helping readers through the resulting labyrinth, Resnick is an able guide. - American Review of Canadian Studies

• Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Quetzalcoatl's Heirs 2. Chosen Peoples 3. Trajectories to Independence 4. "Language Has Always Been the Perfect Instrument of Empire" 5. Manifest Destiny and the Fate of a Continent 6. Market Society and Possessive Individualism 7. Democracy and Its Discontents 8. The Protean State 9. New World Utopias and Dystopias 10. An Archipelago of Regions 11. A North American Civilization? 12. Dwellers of the Labyrinth Bibliography Index

Philip Resnick is Professor of Political Science at the University of British Columbia. He is the author of many books, including The European Roots of Canadian Identity.

Resnick has offered an insightful little work that will doubtless prompt much debate. There is much that unites-and entangles-these three countries, and in helping readers through the resulting labyrinth, Resnick is an able guide. - American Review of Canadian Studies

• Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Quetzalcoatl's Heirs 2. Chosen Peoples 3. Trajectories to Independence 4. "Language Has Always Been the Perfect Instrument of Empire" 5. Manifest Destiny and the Fate of a Continent 6. Market Society and Possessive Individualism 7. Democracy and Its Discontents 8. The Protean State 9. New World Utopias and Dystopias 10. An Archipelago of Regions 11. A North American Civilization? 12. Dwellers of the Labyrinth Bibliography Index