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North of America - Canadians and American Century, 1945û60

English · Paperback / Softback

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North of America takes a fresh, sharp-eyed look at how Canadians of all stripes reacted to political, economic, and cultural events and influences emanating from postwar America.


List of contents










Foreword / Robert Bothwell and John English
Introduction: Canada and Canadians in the Shadow of the American Century / Asa McKercher and Michael D. Stevenson
Part 1: North America in a Cold War World
1 "A Natural Development": Canada and Non-Alignment in the Age of Eisenhower / David Webster
2 Cheers to the Canadian Wheat Surplus! Lester Pearson's Visit to the Soviet Union and the West's Détente Dilemma / Susan Colbourn
3 Living Dangerously: Canadian National Security Policy and the Nuclear Revolution / Timothy Andrews Sayle
4 From Normandy to NORAD: Canada and the North Atlantic Triangle in the Age of Eisenhower / Asa McKercher and Michael D. Stevenson
Part 2: Politics and Identity in Postwar North America
5 An Emerging Constitutional Culture in Canada's Postwar Moment / P.E. Bryden
6 Rethinking Postwar Domesticity: The Canadian Household in the 1950s / Bettina Liverant
7 Racial Discrimination in "Uncle Tom's Town": Media and the Americanization of Racism in Dresden, 1948-56 / Jennifer Tunnicliffe
8 Between Distrust and Acceptance: The Influence of the United States on Postwar Quebec / François-Olivier Dorais and Daniel Poitras
Part 3: Cultural Conundrums in an Age of Prosperity
9 Living the Good Life? Canadians and the Paradox of American Prosperity / Stephen Azzi
10 Make Room for (Canadian) TV: Print Media Cover the Arrival of Television in the Shadow of American Cultural Imperialism, 1930-52 / Emily LeDuc
11 Getting Off the Highway: Frederick Gardiner and Toronto's Transit Policy in the Age of the Interstate Highway, 1954-63 / Jonathan English
12 Talking Jazz at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival, 1956-58 / Eric Fillion
Afterword / Norman Hillmer
List of Contributors; Index


About the author










Asa McKercher is an assistant professor of history at the Royal Military College of Canada. His publications include Canada and the World Since 1867 and Canada and Camelot: Canadian-American Relations in the Kennedy Era. Michael D. Stevenson is a professor of history at Lakehead University. He is the author of Canada's Greatest Wartime Muddle: National Selective Service and the Mobilization of Human Resources in Canada during World War II and editor of the 1957-58 volumes of Documents on Canadian External Relations.
Contributors: Stephen Azzi, P.E. Bryden, Susan Colbourn, François-Olivier Dorais, Jonathan English, Eric Fillion, Norman Hillmer, Emily LeDuc, Bettina Liverant, Daniel Poitras, Timothy Andrews Sayle, Jennifer Tunnicliffe, David Webster


Product details

Authors Asa (EDT)/ Stevenson Mckercher
Assisted by Asa Mckercher (Editor), Michael D. Stevenson (Editor)
Publisher University Of British Columbia
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 01.04.2024
 
EAN 9780774868846
ISBN 978-0-7748-6884-6
No. of pages 388
Series The C.D. Howe Series in Canadian Political History
Subjects Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous
Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science

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