Canada and Society

Bibliographic Data

ID6239639
AuthorsCaroline Andrews (0000-0003-4452-006X), Caroline Andrew (University of Ottawa, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume50
Issue1
Pages329-343
Publication date2017-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCanadian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0008-4239 • E-ISSN: 1744-9324
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0008423917000105
OpenAlexW2605875340
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited16

What a lovely challenge: describe the books that best contribute to our knowledge and understanding of Canadian society. My first reaction was to think of those books that I particularly enjoyed reading and piece them together in a sort of long and personal review of key books. Then I came to the idea of knowledge and understanding of Canadian society and decided that the fundamental theme of this review should be the path, albeit a very slow path, we are on to reinvent the foundation story of Canada. The basic foundation story of Canada—that the country was first discovered by European settlers, that it was built from the top by the British Empire and that its stability and success depends on its institutions being maintained—is being undone. We are slowly recognizing whose histories have been ignored in this foundation story. I decided my review should follow the path of this rewriting of the foundation story of Canada. I will organize the review by the waves of books that analyse, advocate and interpret these different calls—by places, groups, bodies, projects—for voice, recognition and inclusion

Empire · Foundation (evidence · Inclusion (mineral · Media studies · Political science · Reading (process · Social science · Sociology · Theme (computing · Canadian Identity and History · Computer Science · History · Law

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