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What is Canada? This new look at "Canada" shows how the country's prime ministers have consciously worked to shape national identity through their speeches and rhetoric.
List of contents
Foreword /
John EnglishPreface
Introduction: Building the National Narrative - Words Matter, Leaders Matter
1 Postwar Beginnings: W.L. Mackenzie King, 1943-48
2 No Ordinary Nation: Louis St-Laurent, 1948-57
3 "My Fellow Canadians": John Diefenbaker, 1957-63
4 Unity through Cooperation: Lester B. Pearson, 1963-68
5 Toward a Multicultural Just Society: Pierre Trudeau, 1968-84
6 Weaving the Last Threads: Brian Mulroney, 1984-93
7 The Canada We Want: Jean Chrétien, 1993-2005
8 National Values: Stephen Harper, 2006-15
Conclusion: Stories and Narratives Build a Nation
Notes; Bibliography; Index
About the author
Raymond B. Blake is a professor of history at the University of Regina and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He has held visiting professorships at Philipps-Universität Marburg and University College Dublin, where he has twice held the Craig Dobbin Chair in Canadian Studies. He was formerly the director of the Saskatchewan Institute of Public Policy and the director of the Centre for Canadian Studies at Mount Allison University. He has written and edited more than twenty books, most recently
Where Once They Stood: Newfoundland's Rocky Road towards Confederation (with Melvin Baker), which won several awards, including the Pierre Savard Award from the International Council for Canadian Studies.
Summary
What is Canada? This new look at “Canada” shows how the country’s prime ministers have consciously worked to shape national identity through their speeches and rhetoric.
