Description |
235 p. : ill. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [216]-231) and index. |
Summary |
"Historians have long engaged in passionate debate about collective memory and the building of national identities. Alan Gordon focuses on one national hero - Jacques Cartier - to explore how notions about the past have been created, passed on through the generations, and used to present particular ideas about the world in English- and French-speaking Canada. He reveals that the cult of celebrity surrounding Cartier by the mid-nineteenth century reflected a particular understanding of history, one which accompanied the arrival of modernity in North America. This new sensibility shaped the political and cultural currents of nation building in Canada. Cartier was a point of contact between English and French Canadian nationalism, but the nature of that contact had profound limitations."--BOOK JACKET. |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
Subject |
Cartier, Jacques, 1491-1557.
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National characteristics, Canadian -- Historiography.
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Canada -- History -- To 1763 (New France) -- Historiography.
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Canada -- Discovery and exploration -- French -- Historiography.
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Canada -- Historiography.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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ISBN |
9780774817424 (pbk.) |
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9780774817417 (bound) |
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0774817410 |
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9780774817431 (electronic bk.) |
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