Canada's 1960s: The Ironies of Identity in a Rebellious Era - Softcover

Palmer, Bryan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 080209659X ISBN 13: 9780802096593

Verlag: University of Toronto Press, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

Rebellious youth, the Cold War, New Left radicalism, Pierre Trudeau, Red Power, Quebec's call for Revolution, Marshall McLuhan: these are just some of the major forces and figures that come to mind at the slightest mention of the 1960s in Canada. Focusing on the major movements and personalities of the time, as well as the lasting influence of the period, Canada's 1960s examines the legacy of this rebellious decade's impact on contemporary notions of Canadian identity. Bryan D. Palmer demonstrates how after massive postwar immigration, new political movements, and at times violent protest, Canada could no longer be viewed in the old ways. National identity, long rooted in notions of Canada as a white settler Dominion of the North, marked profoundly by its origins as part of the British Empire, had become unsettled.

Concerned with how Canadians entered the Sixties relatively secure in their national identities, Palmer explores the forces that contributed to the post-1970 uncertainty about what it is to be Canadian. Tracing the significance of dissent and upheaval among youth, trade unionists, university students, Native peoples, and Quebecois, Palmer shows how the Sixties ended the entrenched, nineteenth-century notions of Canada. The irony of this rebellious era, however, was that while it promised so much in the way of change, it failed to provide a new understanding of Canadian national identity.

A compelling and highly accessible work of interpretive history, Canada's 1960s is the book of the decade about an era many regard as the most turbulent and significant since the years of the Great Depression and World War II.

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Bryan D. Palmer is a professor and Canada Research Chair in the Department of Canadian Studies at Trent University.

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'Canada's 1960s is a tour de force. Through a variety of fascinating case studies, the author has painted a broad panorama of a single decade with unifying themes and provocative conclusions. The writing is very spirited, polished, and accessible. Bryan D. Palmer has produced the comprehensive account of Canada's 1960s that will not be surpassed anytime soon.'-Alvin Finkel, Department of History, Athabasca University

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 080209659X
• ISBN 13: 9780802096593
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 480
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