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The Canadian Identity,Canadian University Paperbacks
The Canadian Identity
W.L.Morton
Book Description: W. L. Morton: in The Candain Idenity offers a clear and vigorous interpretation of the history and distinctive national character of Canada. Mr Morton discusses the growth and survival of Canada in North America despite the occasional hostility and potent attraction of the United States. He explains how Canada achieved freedom and independence within the British Empire and the Commonwealth. Finally,hetouches on the new relations wich have developed between Canada and the United States in the world ofnuclear power politics. This book is meant especially for Americans who may wish toasses a fresh Canadaian view of America-Canadain history, and for Canadains who are searching for new orientations inall areas of their nation's life. This perceptive study will be requried reading wherever Canadian or Comminwealth history is taught. W.L. Morton is Professor and Head of the History Department at the University of Manitoba. A frequent contributor to Canadian and American scholary journals, Mr. Morton has received numerous prizes and awards in the field of history and in the humanities. Mr.Morton has recent books include The Progressive Party in Canada (1950) and Manitoba: A History, published in 1957.
Product Details: Paperback:125 Publisher: The University of Wisconsin Press(1962) Language:English
Book Condition: Very good, paperback, clean, tight, unmarked, color fading, aged, minor shelf/edgewear,minor bumping oncorners.
HB0151

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