Canada [electronic resource] : A Very Short Introduction
Donald Wright2020
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Canada is not one nation, but three: English Canada, Quebec, and First Nations.
Yet as a country Canada is very successful, in part because it maintains
national diversity through bilingualism, multiculturalism, and federalism.
Alongside this contemporary openness Canada also has its own history to contend
with; with a legacy of broken treaties and residential schools for its
Indigenous peoples, making reconciliation between Canada and First Nations an
ongoing journey, not a destination.
Drawing on history, politics, and literature, this Very Short Introduction
starts at the end of the last ice age, when the melting of the ice sheets opened
the northern half of North America to Indigenous peoples, and covers up to
today's anthropogenic climate change, and Canada's climate politics. Donald
Wright emphasizes Canada's complexity and diversity as well as its different
identities and its commitment to rights, and explores its historical
relationship to Great Britain, and ...
Main title:
Canada [electronic resource] : A Very Short Introduction / Donald Wright
Author:
Donald Wright, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Tantor Audio, 2020
Collation:
1 online resource (1 audio file) (128 MB, 04:41:10 H)
Performers:
Narrator: Matthew Josdal
Audience:
Adult
System details:
Platform: findawayMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781705271056
Language:
English
BRN:
437168
Electronic access:
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eAudiobook |