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Informationen zum Autor Raymond B. Blake is Professor and Chair of the Department of History at the University of Regina. Klappentext In Volume 2 of Celebrating Canada, Raymond B. Blake and Matthew Hayday bring together emerging and established scholars to consider key moments in Canadian history when major anniversaries of Canada’s political, social, or cultural development were celebrated. Zusammenfassung In Volume 2 of Celebrating Canada, Raymond B. Blake and Matthew Hayday bring together emerging and established scholars to consider key moments in Canadian history when major anniversaries of Canada’s political, social, or cultural development were celebrated. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Celebrating Canada: Commemorations, Anniversaries and National Symbols 1. National Symbols and Commemorations: Analyzing the Loyalist Centennial and the Conventions nationales acadiennes in New Brunswick in the 1880s Denis Bourque, Bonnie Huskins, Greg Marquis, and Chantal Richard2. Emblemizing Canada in the "Flag Debate" of 1895 Peter Price3. Children of a Common Mother: The Rise and Fall of the Anglo-American Peace Centenary Brandon Dimmel4. Competing Pasts, Multiple Identities: The Diamond Jubilee of Confederation and the Politics of Commemoration Robert Cupido5. Bilingualism and Biculturalism at the Diamond Jubilee of Confederation Robert J. Talbot6. Canada’s Centennial Experience Helen Davies7. A "labor of love in a community spirit": The Cape Breton Miners’ Museum and the Remaking of Historical Consciousness Meaghan Beaton8. Federal Funding, Local Priorities: Urban Planning and Ontario’s Municipal Centennial Projects Christopher Los9. Alternative Identities: The 1967 Centennial and the Campaign for a Better Canada Ted Cogan10. Fit for Citizenship’: Scouting and the Centennial Celebrations of 1967 James Trepanier11. A Continental Centennial: Situating Expo 67 within the Canadian-American Relationship Robyn E. Schwarz12. New Nationalism in the Cradle of Confederation: Prince Edward Island’s Centennial Decade Matthew McRae Conclusion ...
