McLean Family Canadian Studies Series – serie
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Citizens Plus
Aboriginal Peoples and the Canadian State
Häftad, 2001
414 kr
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We are in the midst of a fundamental re-evaluation of the desired relation of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples to each other, and of how the former are to be institutionally and constitutionally accommodated within Canada. Words matter. How we think about where we are and about the future goal …
Making Native Space
Colonialism, Resistance, and Reserves in British Columbia
Av Cole Harris
Häftad, 2003
426 kr
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This elegantly written and insightful book provides a geographical history of the Indian reserve in British Columbia. Cole Harris analyzes the impact of reserves on Native lives and livelihoods and considers how, in light of this, the Native land question might begin to be resolved. The account …
Do Glaciers Listen?
Local Knowledge, Colonial Encounters, and Social Imagination
Häftad, 2006
404 kr
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Do Glaciers Listen? explores the conflicting depictions of glaciers to show how natural and cultural histories are objectively entangled in the Mount Saint Elias ranges. This rugged area, where Alaska, British Columbia, and the Yukon Territory now meet, underwent significant geophysical change in …
On the Art of Being Canadian
Häftad, 2010
397 kr
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When Vincent Massey wrote On Being Canadian in 1948, he acknowledged the importance of the arts to education and the production of good Canadian citizens. What he did not consider was what the arts and artists can tell us about being Canadian.In On the Art of Being Canadian, Sherrill Grace begins …
Moved by the State
Forced Relocation and Making a Good Life in Postwar Canada
Av Tina Loo
Inbunden, 2019
1044 kr
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"Why don't they just move?" This reductive question is asked whenever reports surface of the all-too-common lack of social services and economic opportunities in Canada's rural and urban communities. But why are certain people and places vulnerable? And who is responsible for a remedy?From the …
Bomb in the Wilderness
Photography and the Nuclear Era in Canada
Av John O'Brian
Häftad, 2020
367 kr
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Photographs link the nuclear past and nuclear present, shaping the public's perception of events. What can they reveal about Canada's nuclear footprint?The Bomb in the Wilderness contends that photography is central to how we have represented, interpreted, and remembered nuclear activities since …
Borderlands
How We Talk About Canada
Av W. H. New
Häftad, 1998
288 kr
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Under the general title of Borderlands, the three relatedessays in this monograph address the rhetoric of border/boundary inCanadian studies and its social, political, and cultural implications,the character of cultural responses to Canada-US border tensions, andtwo specific examples of how border …
Globalization and Well-Being
Inbunden, 2002
622 kr
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Researchers and policy-makers are taking a new look at public policies to find broader grounds for assessing their economic and social impacts on individuals, families, communities, and nations. This book introduces this new research on social capital and well-being and applies it to key issues …
Globalization and Well-Being
Häftad, 2003
288 kr
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Researchers and policy-makers are taking a new look at public policies to find broader grounds for assessing their economic and social impacts on individuals, families, communities, and nations. This book introduces this new research on social capital and well-being and applies it to key issues …
Do Glaciers Listen?
Local Knowledge, Colonial Encounters, and Social Imagination
Inbunden, 2005
456 kr
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Do Glaciers Listen? explores the conflicting depictions of glaciers to show how natural and cultural histories are objectively entangled in the Mount Saint Elias ranges. This rugged area, where Alaska, British Columbia, and the Yukon Territory now meet, underwent significant geophysical change in …
On the Art of Being Canadian
Inbunden, 2009
1217 kr
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When Vincent Massey wrote On Being Canadian in 1948, he acknowledged the importance of the arts to education and the production of good Canadian citizens. What he did not consider was what the arts and artists can tell us about being Canadian.In On the Art of Being Canadian, Sherrill Grace begins …
Big Tent Politics
The Liberal Party's Long Mastery of Canada's Public Life
Häftad, 2015
354 kr
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The Liberal Party of Canada is one of the most successful parties in the democratic world. It dominated Canadian politics for a century, practising an inclusive style of "big tent" politics that allowed it to fend off opponents on both the left and right. How did it do this? What kind of party …
Moved by the State
Forced Relocation and Making a Good Life in Postwar Canada
Av Tina Loo
Häftad, 2019
367 kr
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Through five diverse episodes of forced relocation across Canada, Moved by the State offers a new look at the power of the welfare state and the political culture of postwar Canada.
