Seymour Martin Lipset's highly acclaimed work explores the distinctive character of American and Canadian values and institutions. Lipset draws material from a number of sources: historical accounts, critical interpretations of art, aggregate statistics and survey data, as well as studies of law, religion and government. Drawing a vivid portrait of the two countries, Continental Divide represents some of the best comparative social and political research available.
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Professor Lipset has given us a splendid account of where we are and a guide to our possible futures. -- New York Review of Books
Continental Divide is welcome because in its quiet, carefully documented way it chips away at self-flattering illusions on both sides of the border . . . There is a lesson in this for those pessimists who think that cultural differences will be obliterated in the global village. For more than a century, America and Canada have proved just how enduring the narcissism of minor difference can be. -- New York Times Book Review
Lipset has written a challenging book . . . a comprehensive and incisive analysis . . . -- Toronto Globe and Mail
One of the finest books ever to appear on the subject, Continental Divide explores how differing social mythologies give rise to contrasting sets of values, and therefore to differences in lifestyles and institutions, in the United States and Canada. It is hard to say which is more fascinating, the book's ongoing historical argument or the arresting facts and statistics that appear on nearly every page. -- Northrop Frye, University of Toronto
This multidisciplinary comparative perspective contains much to interest economists, other social scientists, and general readers on both sides of the border. . . . What he [Lipset] has provided is a stimulating, provocative essay strongly suggesting the further research potential of Canada/U.S. comparisons. -- Journal of Economic Literature
Lipset's comparative analysis of what makes these two countries tick and in which directions they are headed is important . . . . Lipset has vividly captured the disparate characters of American and Canadian societies and institutions, explaining the forces that made them so different and concluding that new forces may be making them more similar. -- Washington Post
Continental Divide is welcome because in its quiet, carefully documented way it chips away at self-flattering illusions on both sides of the border . . . There is a lesson in this for those pessimists who think that cultural differences will be obliterated in the global village. For more than a century, America and Canada have proved just how enduring the narcissism of minor difference can be. -- New York Times Book Review
Lipset has written a challenging book . . . a comprehensive and incisive analysis . . . -- Toronto Globe and Mail
One of the finest books ever to appear on the subject, Continental Divide explores how differing social mythologies give rise to contrasting sets of values, and therefore to differences in lifestyles and institutions, in the United States and Canada. It is hard to say which is more fascinating, the book's ongoing historical argument or the arresting facts and statistics that appear on nearly every page. -- Northrop Frye, University of Toronto
This multidisciplinary comparative perspective contains much to interest economists, other social scientists, and general readers on both sides of the border. . . . What he [Lipset] has provided is a stimulating, provocative essay strongly suggesting the further research potential of Canada/U.S. comparisons. -- Journal of Economic Literature
Lipset's comparative analysis of what makes these two countries tick and in which directions they are headed is important . . . . Lipset has vividly captured the disparate characters of American and Canadian societies and institutions, explaining the forces that made them so different and concluding that new forces may be making them more similar. -- Washington Post
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Seymour Martin Lipset was professor emeritus of public policy at George Mason University and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. He was past president of both the American Political Science Association and the American Sociological Association.
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Americans do not know but Canadians cannot forget that two nations, not one, came out of the American Revolution. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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United States, North American, World War, French Canadians, English Canada, English Canadians, New Left, Anglophone Canadians, Supreme Court, Margaret Atwood, Robertson Davies, Roman Catholic, Catholic Church, French Canada, French Revolution, Friedrich Engels, Goldfarb Consultants, Social Stratification, United Church, British Columbia, Francophone Canadians, New England, New York, House of Commons, Ronald Reagan New!
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Americans do not know but Canadians cannot forget that two nations, not one, came out of the American Revolution. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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United States, North American, World War, French Canadians, English Canada, English Canadians, New Left, Anglophone Canadians, Supreme Court, Margaret Atwood, Robertson Davies, Roman Catholic, Catholic Church, French Canada, French Revolution, Friedrich Engels, Goldfarb Consultants, Social Stratification, United Church, British Columbia, Francophone Canadians, New England, New York, House of Commons, Ronald Reagan New!
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- Understanding Canadian Society by Larry G. Curtis on 6 pages
- An American Dilemma : The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy by Gunnar Myrdal on 5 pages
- The First New Nation: The United States in Historical and Comparative Perspective by Seymour Martin Lipset on 5 pages
- Canada and the United States: Differences that Count, Second Edition by David Thomas on 5 pages
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- The Politics of Language: Conflict, Identity, and Cultural Pluralism in Comparative Perspective by Carol L. Schmid on page 100, page 113, and Back Matter
- Sacred and Secular: Religion and Politics Worldwide (Cambridge Studies in Social Theory, Religion and Politics) by Pippa Norris in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Color of Welfare: How Racism Undermined the War on Poverty by Jill Quadagno in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Paradox of American Unionism: Why Americans Like Unions More Than Canadians Do, but Join Much Less by Seymour Martin Lipset on page 70, and Back Matter
- Press Images, National Identity, and Foreign Policy: A Case Study of U.S.-Japan Relations from 1955-1995 (East Asia: History, Politics, Sociology, Culture) by Catherine Luther on page 7, and Back Matter
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