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The book explores the psychological-cultural dimension of the United States-Canada relationship by analyzing how each country has viewed the other. Drawing on a wide range of data the books explores how Americans and Canadians have viewed one another from the moment they were launched on separate trajectories.
Sommario
Chapter 1 Images of the Other and International Relations
Introduction: Imagining the OtherWhen and How Do Images of the Other Matter?Borderlands: Does Physical Contiguity Make a Difference?National Images and United States-Canada RelationsChapter 2
IntroductionEarly Perceptions: Anti-American Elites and an Unconvinced PublicThe Rebellions of 1837-1838: Rejection of the American Model?Fears of AnnexationCanadian Ambivalence toward AmericaThe "New" Canadian NationalismMulticulturalism as a Marker of Difference (and Superiority!)Old Cultural Tropes Die HardAmerican Decline, the Rise of Trumpism, and Canadians' Image of AmericaConclusionIntroductionThe Threat from the NorthThe Early American Image of les Canadiens and the Canadian PeopleCanada as a Refuge from InjusticeReciprocity and AnnexationThe Friendly Neighbor Next DoorThe Popular Image of Canada: Public Opinion and the MediaCanada in America's Culture WarsConclusionChapter 4
A Story of Asymmetry: The Policy Consequences of National Images
Introduction Economics Security and Defense Communications and CultureThe One-Way MirrorThe Modern Era in United States-Canada RelationsCultural Nationalism in CanadaEconomic Nationalism in CanadaUnited States-Canada Free Trade, 1989The Decision to Go to War in Iraq, 2003National Images Matter... within LimitsReferences
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Info autore
Stephen Brooks is a professor at the University of Windsor, Canada. His research focuses on Canadian politics, American politics, and American foreign policy. His publications include
As Others See Us: The Causes and Consequences of Foreign Perceptions of America (University of Toronto Press, 2006),
American Exceptionalism in the Age of Obama (Routledge, 2013), and
Anti-Americanism and the Limits of Public Diplomacy: Winning Hearts and Minds (Routledge, 2016).
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The book explores the psychological-cultural dimension of the United States-Canada relationship by analyzing how each country has viewed the other. Drawing on a wide range of data the books explores how Americans and Canadians have viewed one another from the moment they were launched on separate trajectories.
