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"A country nourished on self-doubt" : documents in post-confederation Canadian history

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  • Contributor: Frohn-Nielsen, Thor; Thorner, Thomas
    Edition: 2nd ed
    Date:
    Issued
    2006
    Summary:

    For a generation or more there have been few books that brought together in accessible form the raw materials of Canadian history. In many minds the impression has taken root that those materials are uninteresting. Broadview's two-volume anthology of documents in Canadian history, A Few Acres of Snow and A Country Nourished on Self-Doubt, demonstrates the contrary: that these raw materials provide extraordinarily engaging and informative insights into the richness of Canadian history.

    Contents:

    "A fate worse than death" : sexual advice in Victorian Canada --
    "Two distinct personalities" : the question of Riel's sanity --
    "Broken promises" : treaties in the far North --
    "The unfriendly reception" : immigration --
    "Perfect justice and harmony" : votes for women --
    "What is our duty" : military service in World War I --
    "Ruthless butchers of men and morals" : the drug traffic --
    "This is my last chance" : depression and despair --
    "The question of loyalty" : Japanese Canadians and World War II --
    "Cinderella of the Empire" : Newfoundland and confederation --
    "A glow of fulfilled femininity" : women in the 1950s and 1960s --
    "Hippies, bikers, and greasers" : youth in the 1960s --
    "The very essence of Canadian identity" : multiculturalism --
    "A people in bondage" : Quebec and independence --
    "The whites were terrorists" : residential schools --
    "A cherished reputation" : peacekeeping --
    "Stand up and be counted" : environmentalism.

    Genre:
    History and geography, Informational works, Canadian nonfiction
    Subject(s): Canada
    Original Publisher: Peterborough, Ont., Broadview Press
    Language(s): English