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Canada's prime ministers and the shaping of a national identity  Cover Image Book Book

Canada's prime ministers and the shaping of a national identity / Raymond B. Blake.

Summary:

"Since Confederation, Canadian prime ministers have consciously constructed the national story. Each created shared narratives, formulating and reformulating a series of unifying national ideas that served to keep this geographically large, ethnically diverse, and regionalized nation together. This book is about those narratives and stories. Focusing on the post-Second World War period, Raymond B. Blake shows how, regardless of political stripe, prime minsters worked to build national unity, forged a citizenship based on inclusion, and defined a place for Canada in the world. They created for citizens an ideal image of what the nation stood for and the path it should follow. They told a national story of Canada as a modern, progressive, liberal state with a strong commitment to inclusion, a deep respect for diversity and difference, and a fundamental belief in universal rights and freedoms. Ultimately, this innovative history provides readers with a new way to see and understand what Canada is, and what holds us together as a nation."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780774869638 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: xiii, 398 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Vancouver, BC : UBC Press, [2024]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject: Nationalism > Canada > History > 20th century.
Nationalism > Canada > History > 21st century.
Prime ministers > Canada > History > 20th century.
Prime ministers > Canada > History > 21st century.

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  • 0 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Cookstown Branch 320.540971 Bla 31681010420818 NONFIC Checked out 10/09/2025


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