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Heroines and history : representations of Madeleine de Verchères and Laura Secord / Colin M. Coates and Cecilia Morgan.
LIBRA F1005 .C52 2002
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Coates, Colin MacMillan, 1960-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Verchères, Madeleine de, 1678-1747.
- Verchères, Madeleine de.
- Secord, Laura, 1775-1868.
- Secord, Laura.
- Women heroes--Canada--History.
- Women heroes.
- Nationalism--Canada--History.
- Nationalism.
- History.
- Canada.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 368 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Heroines & history
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2002]
- Contents:
- Introduction: Why Heroines, Why History? 3
- 1 Like Mother, like Daughter: The Woman Warrior Tradition 17
- 2 Images of Heroism and Nationalism: The Canadian Joan of Arc 41
- 3 Representing History: The Statue and Film of Madeleine de Vercheres 68
- 4 Feminist and Teenager: The Decline of Madeleine de Vercheres's Popularity 95
- 5 Walking to Beaver Dams: Colonial Narratives, 1820s-1860s 119
- 6 The Lives of the Loyal Pioneers: Historical Societies and Historical Narratives 130
- 7 Lessons in Loyalty: Children's Texts and Readers 164
- 8 'Seeing' the Past: The Monuments and the Candy Company 195
- 9 Laura Secord, the Niagara Region, and Historical Tourism 233
- Epilogue: The Iroquois Presence 257.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 080204784X
- 0802083307
- OCLC:
- 47073795
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