Images of Canadianness: Visions on Canada's Politics, Culture, and Economics
Images of Canadianness offers backgrounds and explanations for a series of relevant--if relatively new--features of Canada, from political, cultural, and economic angles. Each of its four sections contains articles written by Canadian and European experts that offer original perspectives on a variet...
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Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa Press
1998
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10393/19629 http://www.press.uottawa.ca/book/images-of-canadianness |
| Summary: | Images of Canadianness offers backgrounds and explanations for a series of relevant--if relatively new--features of Canada, from political, cultural, and economic angles. Each of its four sections contains articles written by Canadian and European experts that offer original perspectives on a variety of issues: voting patterns in English-speaking Canada and Quebec; the vitality of French-language communities outside Quebec; the Belgian and Dutch immigration waves to Canada and the resulting Dutch-language immigrant press; major transitions taking place in Nunavut; the media as a tool for self-government for Canada's First Peoples; attempts by Canadian Indians to negotiate their position in society; the Canada-US relationship; Canada's trade with the EU; and Canada's cultural policy in the light of the information highway. 1. Reflections on Canada in the Year 1997-98 (John F. Conway) 2. The Liberal Idea of the Canadian Nation-State (Louis Balthazar) 3. Identity, Cultural Production and the Vitality of Francophone Communities Outside Quebec (Raymond M. Hebert) 4. The Belgian Presence in Canada (Cornelius J. Jaenen) 5. The Dutch in Canada (Herman Ganzevoort) 6. The Flemish and Dutch Migrant Press in Canada: A Historical Investigation (Jennifer Vrielinck) 7. Nunavut: A Challenge for the Inuit (Cornelius H.W. Remie) 8. Television Broadcasting North of 60 (Lorna Roth) 9. Indigenous Peoples of Canada and the United States of America: Entering the 21st Century (James S. Frideres) 10. Of Friends, Interests, Crowbars, and Marriage Vows in Canada-United States Trade Relations (Michael Hart) 11. On Track for TAFTA? Developing Canada-EU Trade Relations in the 1990's (Donald G. Mitchell) 12. Beyond Infrastructure. Europe, the United States and Canada on the Information Highway: Where business and culture collide (Leen d'Haenens) |
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