A Country Nourished on Self-doubt

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Documents in Post-confederation Canadian History

By: Thomas Thorner

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Paperback Published: 1st November 2003
ISBN: 9781551115481
Number Of Pages: 590

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" For a generation or more there have been few books that brought together in accessible form the raw materials of Canadian history. In many minds the impression has taken root that those materials are uninteresting. Broadview's two-volume anthology of documents in Canadian history, A Few Acres of Snow and A Country Nourished on Self-Doubt, demonstrates the contrary: that these raw materials provide extraordinarily engaging and informative insights into the richness of Canadian history. This new edition of the second volume of the collection presents many new documentary sources on post-Confederation Canadian history, combined with the most compelling passages from the first edition. Each chapter offers a group of source materials on particular themes or events, beginning with consideration of Canada's place in the British Empire and its relations with the United States in works such as Goldwin Smith's 1891 "Canada and the Canadian Question" and ending with significant contemporary debates such as those surrounding multiculturalism and environmentalism. Documents offer the reader insight into what it was like to be present at the trial of Louis Riel or to experience the impact on Canada of the Great War or the Great Depression. Articles deal with residential schools; the Front de Liberation du Quebec and the Quebec independence movement; the Royal Commission on the Status of Women; free trade and peacekeeping. Writings by Nellie McClung, Grey Owl, Rene Levesque and David Suzuki, and reproductions of works by the Group of Seven are numbered amongst the many contributions. As in Volume I, included are document groupings that take into account the history of Canada's various regions; social, cultural, political and intellectual history; and the experiences of women, Native peoples, immigrants and the working class. New to this edition are "Discussion Points" found in each chapter immediately after the introduction. These points help readers focus upon some of the central historical debates surrounding the topics. In order to promote further research and analysis, the new edition also features "Further Readings" at the end of each chapter. These wide-ranging bibliographies provide a quick reference for books and essays on each subject area. Thomas Thorner is a member of the Department of History at Kwantlen University College. This is his fourth book. Thor Frohn-Nielsen, who assisted on this project, also works in the History Department at Kwantlen. Special Combination Price: Please note that a special discount price is available when this book is ordered shrinkwrapped together with A Few Acres of Snow: Documents in Pre-Confederation Canadian History. "

Not Another Edition	p. 12
Introduction	p. 13
"Our Rightful Place": Continentalism, Imperialism, or Nationalism
Canadian Nationality: A Present-day Plea	p. 18
Debates and Proceedings of the House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia	p. 22
On Imperial Federation
Canada and the Canadian Question	p. 23
Changing Perspectives	p. 27
The French Canadian in the British Empire	p. 32
"The Insane Exuberance of Generosity": Anti-Potlatch Legislation	p. 41
Sir	p. 45
The Evil Potlatch	p. 47
Petition of Rights	p. 48
Kwakiutle Chief	p. 50
To the editor	p. 50
To the editor	p. 52
The Indian Potlatch	p. 53
"Two Distinct Personalities": The Question of Riel's Sanity	p. 57
Charge to the Jury	p. 60
Testimony	p. 61
Address of Defense Counsel	p. 64
Address of Crown Counsel	p. 66
Statement	p. 69
Report on the Sanity to Louis Riel	p. 72
Report	p. 75
Memorandum Respecting the Case of the Queen v. Riel	p. 76
A Psycho-Medical History of Louis Riel	p. 78
"Unceasing Conflict and Unrelenting Determination": Unions and Industrialization	p. 85
The Labour Movement	p. 90
Royal Commission on the Relations of Labor and Capital in Canada	p. 94
The Conditions of Female Labour in Ontario	p. 98
There is a Reason for it	p. 99
La Presse	p. 101
The Race Question in Canada	p. 103
The Glace Bay Strike	p. 106
The Bunkhouse Man: A Study of Work and Play in the Camps of Canada	p. 108
The Winnipeg Strike	p. 110
Western Labour News	p. 112
"The Unfriendly Reception": Immigration	p. 115
Testimony before the Rayal Commission on Chinese and Japanese Immigration	p. 118
Chinamen	p. 124
Western Blacks	p. 124
Dr. Sundar Singh in Empire Club of Canada	p. 125
The Immigration by Races	p. 127
Beginnings in Canada	p. 142
"The Smell of the Good Green Earth": Rural vs. Urban Life	p. 151
In Western Canada Before the War	p. 153
In Times Like These	p. 155
Letters from America	p. 157
Report of the Standing Committee on Neighbourhood Work	p. 163
Farmers in Politics	p. 170
The Farm Woman's Lot	p. 174
A Farm Woman's Reply	p. 177
"Perfect Justice and Harmony": Votes for Women	p. 181
Womanhood Suffrage	p. 184
Equal Suffrage	p. 189
Are Women to Blame?	p. 194
Women's Suffrage, Its Effectiveness, Its Legitimacy	p. 196
In Times Like These	p. 199
The Woman Question	p. 204
The Failure of the Suffrage Movement to Bring Freedom to Women	p. 207
"What is Our Duty?": Military Service in World War I	p. 211
123rd Battalion Recruiting Leaflet	p. 214
Country Recruits	p. 215
Saturday Night	p. 218
An Open Letter from Capt. Talbot Papineau to Mr. Henri Bourassa	p. 218
Mr. Bourassa's Reply to Capt. Talbot Papineau's Letter	p. 225
No More Canadians For Overseas Service. This Young Dominion Has Sacrificed Enough	p. 228
Debates	p. 230
Women's View of Conscription	p. 232
Canadian Labour and Conscription	p. 234
An Open Letter on the Duty of the Hour	p. 235
"National Art": The Group of Seven	p. 238
Painting in Canada	p. 241
Canadian Art	p. 243
Canada and her Paint Slingers	p. 244
Freak Pictures at Wembley	p. 245
The Group System in Art	p. 246
The Group of Seven	p. 248
The Group of Seven	p. 249
"This Is My Last Chance": Depression and Despair	p. 251
Sarnia, Ontario	p. 254
A Nanaimoite	p. 254
Ottawa	p. 255
Ferguson, N.B.	p. 256
Brief Presented by the Unemployed of Edmonton to the Hon. R. B. Bennett	p. 258
To Canadian Government	p. 260
Debden, Saskatchewan	p. 261
Hamilton, Ontario	p. 263
Blaine Lake, Saskatchewan	p. 265
Brechin, Ontario	p. 266
Dempster, Saskatchewan	p. 268
Whiteway, N.B.	p. 269
A Mother	p. 270
Experiences of a Depression Hobo	p. 270
"The Question of Loyalty": Japanese Canadians and World War II	p. 276
The Situation in 1940	p. 279
House of Commons	p. 283
This is My Own: Letters to Wes and Other Writings on Japanese Canadians	p. 291
House of Commons	p. 305
"Cinderella of the Empire": Newfoundland and Confederation	p. 310
Joseph Smallwood	p. 312
Major P. J. Cashin	p. 317
F. Gordon Bradley	p. 323
G. F. Higgins	p. 329
G. Macdonald	p. 330
H. Harrington	p. 331
I. Keough	p. 332
J. Roberts	p. 333
"A Glow of Fulfilled Femininity": Women in the 1950s and 1960	p. 337
Housewives Are a Sorry Lot	p. 340
Housewives Blast Business Girl	p. 344
How to Live in a Suburb	p. 349
Stop Being Just a Housewife	p. 356
How Much are You Worth to Your Husband?	p. 363
I Hate Housekeeping	p. 366
The Royal Commission on the Status of Women: Will it do any Good?	p. 372
"The Very Essence of Canadian Identity": Multiculturalism	p. 382
Government of Canada, Appendix to Hansard	p. 385
Selling Illusions, the Cult of Multiculturalism	p. 388
Multiculturalism Undermines Values Held by Canadians	p. 397
"The Whites Were Terrorists": Residential Schools	p. 401
Hidden from History: The Canadian Holocaust	p. 404
Statement of Reconciliation	p. 418
Weren't We all Physically Abused in Schools? So When do We Get Our Money for Healing	p. 420
Scapegoating the Indian Residential Schools: The Noble Legacy of Hundreds of Christian Missionaries is Sacrificed to Political Correctness	p. 423
Sins of the Fathers: The Legacy of Indian Residential Schools is One of Physical and Emotional Scars, Nasty Lawsuits, A Questionable Medical Study, and Suicide	p. 434
"Winter in Our Souls": Quebec and Independence	p. 441
Why I am a Separatist	p. 445
A Message to the Nation	p. 457
Sovereignty the Condition of Salvation	p. 460
Quebec Independence	p. 464
Preamble, Sovereignty Declaration	p. 472
"The Slippery Slope": Free Trade and Canadian Culture	p. 477
Leap of Faith	p. 481
Keeping things cozy for Canadianism	p. 490
Reading Between the Lies: Culture and the Free-Trade Agreement	p. 494
Tough Rules Stand Guard Over Canadian Culture	p. 506
Canada's Culture	p. 510
Massey Commission at 50: The State of the Arts	p. 516
"A Cherished Reputation": Peacekeeping	p. 523
Peacekeeping, Peacemaking and Peacebuilding: Statement to the House of Commons Standing Committee on External Affairs and International Trade	p. 527
To Jane Snailham	p. 531
To Jane Snailham	p. 533
To Jane Snailham	p. 534
To Jane Snailham	p. 535
Canada's Peacekeeping Myth	p. 538
Canadian Soldiers Die Foe the UN	p. 542
"Our Passion For Survival": The Birth of Environmentalism	p. 546
The Men of the Last Frontier	p. 550
Measure of the Year	p. 556
To Save a Whale: The Voyages of Greenpeace	p. 561
Sea of Slaughter	p. 568
Time to Change: Essays	p. 574
Clayoquot and Dissent	p. 579
Sources	p. 585
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ISBN: 9781551115481
ISBN-10: 1551115484
Series: Documents in Pre-Confederation Canadian History Ser.
Audience: General
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 590
Published: 1st November 2003
Publisher: Broadview Press Ltd
Country of Publication: CA
Dimensions (cm): 22.9 x 16.5 x 3.0
Weight (kg): 0.87
Edition Number: 2
Edition Type: Revised