The Other Quiet Revolution: National Identities in English Canada 1945-71 [Hardcover]

Jose E. Igartua (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0774810882 | ISBN-13: 978-0774810883 | Publication Date: August 15, 2006

The Other Quiet Revolution traces the 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 (1963-70) and the adoption of the federal multiculturalism policy in 1971. José Igartua analyzes editorial opinion, political rhetoric, history textbooks, and public opinion polls to show how Canada’s self-conception as a British country dissolved as 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.

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The Other Quiet Revolution traces the 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 multiculturalism policy in 1971. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 277 pages
• Publisher: Univ of British Columbia Pr (August 15, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0774810882
• ISBN-13: 978-0774810883
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,245,399 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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