• Acknowledgments-- Introduction: Searching for National Identities-- 1 Being of the Breed-- 2 The Boundaries of Canadian Citizenship-- 3 Values, Memories, Symbols, Myths, and Traditions-- 4 This Nefarious Work-- 5 When Tories Roar-- 6 Predominantly of British Origin-- 7 Bewailing Their Loss-- 8 A Long Whine of Bilious Platitudes-- Conclusion: From Ties of Descent to Principles of Equality-- Notes-- Bibliography-- Index.
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In the twenty years following the Second World War, dominant representations of Canadian identity in anglophone public discourse underwent a deep transformation. Notions of Canadian identity based on British ethnic roots gave way to a civic-based concept of equality. "The Other Quiet Revolution" traces this understudied cultural transformation, which underscored many key developments in the formation of Canadian nationhood, including the adoption of the Charter of Rights. This elegant work examines representations of Canadian identity from 1945 to 1971. Jose Igartua analyzes editorial opinion, political rhetoric, and history textbooks to demonstrate Canada's self-conception as a British country through the early 1960s. The decade that followed, however, brought struggles with bilingualism and biculturalism as well as Quebec's constitutional demands, which helped to popularize a new "civic" approach to national identity in English-speaking Canada - one that embraced accommodation, pluralism, diversity, and openness. As English Canada reshaped its views of itself, Igartua argues, the British definition of Canada dissolved and gave rise to a national identity based on civic mores that were no longer linked to a British reference. With its sophisticated conceptual framework and systematic approach to understanding the discourse of Canadian collective identity, "The Other Quiet Revolution" will appeal to readers interested in Canadian identity and nationalism as well as to general readers of Canadian history.
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In the twenty years following the Second World War, representations of national identity in anglophone Canada underwent a deep transformation. Ethnic definitions of Canadian identity gave way to a rights-based concept of citizenship. "The Other Quiet Revolution" traces this under-examined cultural transformation woven through key developments in the formation of Canadian nationhood, from the 1946 Citizenship Act and the 1956 Suez crisis to the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism (1963-970) and the adoption of the federal bilingualism policy in 1971. In this elegant work, Jose Igartua analyzes editorial opinion, political rhetoric, history textbooks, and public opinion polls to show how Canada's self-conception as a British country extended into the 1950s. In the decade that followed, however, the British definition of Canada dissolved. Struggles with bilingualism and biculturalism, as well as Quebec's constitutional demands, helped to fashion new representations of national identity in English-speaking Canada based on the civic principle of equality. With its sophisticated conceptual framework and systematic approach to understanding the discourse of Canadian collective identity, "The Other Quiet Revolution" will appeal to readers interested in Canadian identity and nationalism and to general readers of Canadian history.
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This work examines how Albertans have interpreted themselves and their world through history and social studies curricula and texts from 1905 to 1980, and shows that these courses, more than others, addressed issues of identity by creating the country and region's past.
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In the aftermath of the Second World War, Canadian national identity underwent a transformation. Whereas Canadians once viewed themselves as British citizens, a new, independent sense of self emerged after the war. Assured of their unique place in the world, Canadians began to reflect on the legacies and lessons of their British colonial past. "Canada and the British World" surveys Canada's national history through a British lens. In a series of essays focusing on discrete aspects of Canadian identity over more than a century, the complex and evolving relationship between Canada and the larger British world is revealed. From the 19th century's staunch belief in Canadians as Britons to the realities of modern multicultural Canada, this book eschews nostalgia in its endeavour to understand the dynamic and complicated society in which Canadians did and do live. Candid and ambitious, "Canada and the British World" is recommended reading for historians and scholars of colonialism and nationalism, as well as anyone interested in what it really means to be Canadian.
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