The Myth of the Self‐made Man in English Canada, 1850–1914
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20604754 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Allan Smith (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 189-219 |
| Publication date | 1978-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Historical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-3755 • E-ISSN: 1710-1093 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/chr-059-02-03 |
| OpenAlex | W2137474354 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 19 |
RECENT SCHOLARSHIP concerning society and values in English Canada has placed much emphasis on the extent to which their evolution demonstrates a continuing Canadian attachment to conservative principle. Strongly concerned to establish the ways in which the Canadian nation may be distinguished from the American, scholars have drawn particular attention to the role played in its growth by deference, a belief in the rights of the community over those of the individual, and a sense that the collective experience of those who compose it gives society its substance and texture. The Canadian mind, they argue, has been characterized not so much by faith in the potency of the individual as by a conviction that men in society must accept he authority of those who preside over their affairs. Living in a community which has been shaped by metropolitan institutions the church, the fur trade, government, corporations has, they suggest, made Canadians inclined to value behaviour that allows an harmonious existence within
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Roll, Jordan, roll
Politics, Schools, and Social Change in Upper Canada
The Politics of Development
Social Mobility in Industrial Society
The First New Nation
Socialism in Canada
The Anatomy of Poverty
William Lyon Mackenzie King
The Anatomy of a Party
Canadian Education
The social construction of reality
Ideology and utopia
The Developing Canadian Community
Radical Politics and Canadian Labour, 1880-1930
The Concept of Ideology
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 1979 - 1996 (18) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |