Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Searching for National Identities

1 Being of the Breed

2 The Boundaries of Canadian Citizenship

3 Values, Memories, Symbols, Myths, and Traditions

4 This Nefarious Work

5 When Tories Roar

6 Predominantly of British Origin

7 Bewailing Their Loss

8 A Long Whine of Bilious Platitudes

Conclusion: From Ties of Descent to Principles of Equality

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Promotional Information

José Igartua traces the under-examined cultural transformation of English-speaking Canada woven through key developments in the formation of Canadian nationhood, from the 1946 Citizenship Act to the federal multiculturalism policy in 1971.

About the Author

José E. Igartua is a professor of history at the Université du Québec à Montréal.