A short history of Canada, 6th ed.0771064802 A short history of Canada Canada is a country of 32 million inhabitants that occupies the northern portion of the North American continent, and is the world's second largest country in area.[1] , 6th ed. Morton Morton, village (1990 pop. 13,799), Tazewell co., central Ill., in a grain-farming and livestock area; inc. 1877. Food is canned, and tractor parts, washing machines, and pottery are manufactured. , Desmond Desmond Ancient territorial division, Ireland. From the 11th to the 17th century, the name was often used for two quite distinct areas. Gaelic Desmond extended over part of modern Counties Kerry and Cork; Anglo-Norman Desmond extended over northern Kerry, most of the modern . McClelland McClelland is the surname of:
2006 406 pages $24.99 Paperback F1026 It is a complicated place, and not just by reasons of its expansive geography. Canada is the result of powerful historical and demographic forces, each of which have demanded particular consideration from scholars. Here Morton (history, U. of Toronto) reworks this tangle of rich and complex narratives into whole cloth whole cloth n. Pure fabrication or fiction: "He invented, almost out of whole cloth, what it means to be American" Ned Rorem. . He makes accessible the accounts of the First Nations, the roots of the two Canadas (French and English) the reasons for their union and the inclusion of the northwest, the resulting efforts at nation building and national policies, the effects of political maneuvering and economic disaster, the years of prosperity punctuated by the years of recession and the constitutional crises, on up to the 2006 elections. Throughout he works toward an understanding of how so many people of different backgrounds and with different beliefs somehow managed to create a national identity. ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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