Interpreting canada's past: a post-confederation reader

Interpreting Canada's Past: A Post-Confederation Reader is the second of twovolumes and includes both primary and secondary documents. This volume is designed to accompany J.M. Bumsted's two-volume textbook The Peoples of Canada, or his single-volume text A History of the Canadian Peoples. Each chapter has an introduction to help contextualize the documents, a list of questions for consideration, and a list of suggested further readings. The new fourthedition includes 38 new readings and a chapter on 'marketing the nation' withexamples of visual history from popular consumer culture as well as fine art.Interpreting Canada's Past: A Post-Confederation Reader is a supplemental book and the second of two volumes. It includes both primary and secondary documents. This volume is designed to accompany J.M. Bumsted's two-volume textbook The Peoples of Canada or his single-volume text A History of the Canadian Peoples.This edition contains two primary documents and two historical interpretations in each chapter, except in Chapter 7, which contains six examples of visual primary documents and two historical interpretations, making the book much shorter than the third edition. Thus it will be easier for instructors to incorporate these readings into coursework. Each chapter also includes an introduction to help contextualize the documents, a list of questions for consideration, and a list of suggested furtherreadings. INDICE: Contents Preface Debating Confederation Introduction Questions forConsideration Suggestions for Further Reading Primary Documents I. From 'Attorney General's Speech', Nova Scotia, House of Assembly, 'Debate on ResolutionsRelative to Repeal of the "British North America Act" in the House of Assembly of Nova Scotia; Session 1868' Martin Isaac Wilkins II. From 'Our New Provinces: British Columbia' Lieut.-Col. Coffin Historical Interpretations III. From 'Agrarian Commonwealth or Entrepot of the Orient? Competing Conceptions of Canada and the BC Terms of Union Debate of 1871' Forrest Pass IV. From 'Provincial Rights' Peter Russell Establishing a New Order Introduction Questions for Consideration Suggestions for Further Reading Primary Documents I. From 'An Act Respecting the Administration of Justice, and for the Establishment of a Police Force in the North West Territories' II. From 'Articles of a Treaty Made andConcluded near Carlton (Treaty No. 6) (1876) in Canada' Historical Interpretations III. From 'Churches, Police Forces, and the Department of Indian Affairs' Keith D. Smith IV. From 'Creating "Semi-Widows" and "Supernumerary Wives": Prohibiting Polygamy in Prairie Canada's Aboriginal Communities to 1900' Sarah Carter Resisting the New Order Introduction Questions for Consideration Suggestions for Further Reading Primary Documents I. From 'Memorandum of Facts and Circumstances Connected with the Active Opposition by The French Half-breeds inthis Settlement to the Prosecution of the Government Surveys' J.S. Dennis II.From Two Months in the Camp of Big Bear Theresa Delaney and Theresa GowanlockHistorical Interpretations III. From 'Aboriginal Title' Tom Flanagan IV. From'Nationalism and Visual Media in Canada: The Case of "Thomas Scott's Execution"' Lyle Dick Britishness at the Margins Introduction Questions for Consideration Suggestions for Further Reading Primary Documents I. 'A Nation's Welcome' Margaret G. Yarker II. From Canada and the Canadian Question Goldwin Smith Historical Interpretations III. From 'Britishness, Canadianness, Class, and Race:Winnipeg and the British World, 1880s-1910s' Kurt Korneski IV. From 'More than a Flag of Convenience: Acadian Attitudes to Britain and the British around The Time of Queen Victoria's 1887 Jubilee' Sheila Andrew Canadians at Work Introduction Questions for Consideration Suggestions for Further Reading Primary Documents I. From The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice Stephen Leacock II. From The Conditions of Female Labour in Ontario Jean Thomson Scott Historical Interpretations III. From 'The Boys and Their Booze: Masculinities and Public Drinking in Working-class Hamilton, 1890-1946' Craig Heron IV. From 'Constructinga Labour Gospel: Labour and Religion in Early Twentieth-Century Ontario' Melissa Turkstra The First World War Introduction Questions for Consideration Suggestions for Further Reading Primary Documents I. From 'The Duty of Canada at the Present Hour: An Address Meant to be Delivered at Ottawa in November and December 1914, but Twice Suppressed in the Name of "Loyalty And Patriotism"' Henri Bourassa II. From 'Canada Will Answer the Call: Sir Robert Borden's Inspiring War-Message to The Canadian People: Speech Delivered at Toronto, 5 December1914' Robert Laird Borden Historical Interpretations III. From '"He Was Determined to Go": Underage Soldiers in the Canadian Expeditionary Force' Tim Cook IV. From 'Divided by the Ballot Box: The Montreal Council of Women and the 1917 Election' Tarah Brookfield Marketing the Nation Introduction Questions for Consideration Suggestions for Further Reading Primary Documents I. Exhibition of Pictures Given by Canadian Artists in Aid of the Patriotic Fund (1914) J.E.H. MacDonald II. The Empire needs Men! (. . .) Enlist Now (1914-18) Arthur Wardle III. Jack Pine (1916-17) Tom Thomson IV. Canadian Information (c. 1920) Anonymous V. Trans-Canada Limited (1924) G.Y. Kaufmann VI. Little Haven, Nova Scotia (1930) Arthur Lismer Historical Interpretations VII. From 'Branding Canada: Consumer Culture and the Development of Popular Nationalism in The Early Twentieth Century' Paula Hastings VIII. From 'The Group of Seven and the Tourist Landscape in Western Canada, or the More Things Change . . .' Lynda Jessup Racism in Canada Introduction Questions for Consideration Suggestions for FurtherReading Primary Documents I. From The Black Candle Emily Murphy II. From An Act Respecting Chinese Immigration Historical Interpretations III. From 'Drawing Different Lines of Color: The Mainstream English Canadian Labour Movement's Approach to Blacks and the Chinese, 1880-1914' David Goutor IV. From 'Deporting "Ah Sin" to Save the White Race: Moral Panic, Racialization, and the Extension of Canadian Drug Laws in the 1920s' Catherine Carstairs Fighting from Home Introduction Questions for Consideration Suggestions for Further Reading Primary Documents I. From 'It's a Woman's War' Mattie Rotenberg II. From 'Now Is the Time for Volunteer Workers to Chart the Future' Anne Frances Historical Interpretations III. From 'Counting the Costs of Living: Gender, Citizenship, and a Politics of Prices in 1940s Montreal' Magda Fahrni IV. From Fighting from Home: The Second World War in Verdun, Quebec Serge Durflinger Rise of the Welfare State Introduction Questions for Consideration Suggestions for Further Reading Primary Documents I. From Report on Social Security for Canada 1943 LeonardMarsh II. From The Dawn of Ampler Life Charlotte Whitton Historical Interpretations III. From Contributing Citizens: Modern Charitable Fundraising and the Making of the Welfare State, 1920-1966 Shirley Tillotson IV. From 'The Medicare Debate, 1945-1980' Alvin Finkel : The Quiet Revolution Introduction Questions for Consideration Suggestions for Further Reading Primary Documents I. From Les insolences du Frre Untel [The Impertinences of Brother Anonymous] Jean-Paul Desbiens II. From An Option for Quebec Ren Lvesque Historical Interpretations III. From 'Why the Quiet Revolution Was "Quiet": The Catholic Church's Reaction to the Secularization of Nationalism in Quebec after 1960' David Seljak IV. From 'The Intellectual Origins of the October Crisis' Ric Bdard Immigrationand Multiculturalism Introduction Questions for Consideration Suggestions forFurther Reading Primary Documents I. From 'Cultural Democracy' W.M. Haugan II. From 'Announcement of Implementation of Policy of Multiculturalism within Bilingual Framework' Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Robert L. Stanfield, David Lewis, and Ral Caouette Historical Interpretations III. From '"We Are Not Asking You to Open Wide the Gates for Chinese Immigration": The Committee for the Repeal of the Chinese Immigration Act and Early Human Rights Activism in Canada' Stephanie D. Bangarth IV. From 'The Roots of Multiculturalism: Ukrainian-Canadian Involvement in the Multiculturalism Discussion of the 1960s as an Example of The Position of the "Third Force"' Julie Lalande First Nations-Contemporary Issues Introduction Questions for Consideration Suggestions for Further Reading Primary Documents I. 'Statement of the Government of Canada on Indian Policy 1969' II. 'Citizens Plus' Indian Chiefs of Alberta Historical Interpretations III. From 'Making Aboriginal People "Immigrants Too": A Comparison of CitizenshipPrograms for Newcomers and Indigenous Peoples in Postwar Canada, 1940s-1960s'Heidi Bohaker and Franca Iacovetta IV. From '"Our City Indians": Negotiating the Meaning of First Nations Urbanization in Canada, 1945-1975' Evelyn Peters Canada in a Globalizing World Introduction Questions for Consideration Suggestions for Further Reading Primary Documents I. From 'The Free Trade Agreement Fails Canada' Maude Barlow II. From 'Myopia Could Wreck Global Trade Dream' David Crane Historical Interpretation III. From 'Building a New Nova Scotia: State Intervention. The Auto Industry and the Case of Volvo in Halifax, 1963-1998'Dimitry Anastakis IV. From 'Being French in North America: Quebec Culture andGlobalization' Diane Pacom

• ISBN: 978-0-19-542780-6
• Editorial: Oxford University
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• Fecha Publicación: 03/11/2011
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