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Canada’s Odyssey: A Country Based on Incomplete Conquests

Book information

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Year
2017
ISBN
1487502044, 9781487502041
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (4789111 bytes)
Pages
520\544
Time added
2018-08-16 05:06:51

Description

150 years after Confederation, Canada is known around the world for its social diversity and its commitment to principles of multiculturalism. But the road to contemporary Canada is a winding one, a story of division and conflict as well as union and accommodation. InCanada’s Odyssey, renowned scholar Peter H. Russell provides an expansive, accessible account of Canadian history from the pre-Confederation period to the present day. By focusing on what he calls the "three pillars" of English Canada, French Canada, and Aboriginal Canada, Russell advances an important view of our country as one founded on and informed by "incomplete conquests". It is the very incompleteness of these conquests that have made Canada what it is today, not just a multicultural society but a multinational one. Featuring the scope and vivid characterizations of an epic novel,Canada’s /i>Odyssey

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