The promise of Canada : 150 years : people and ideas that have shaped our country / Charlotte Gray.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gray, Charlotte, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canada--History.

Canada.

History.

Canada--Civilization.

Civilization.

Canada--Social life and customs.

Manners and customs.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xix, 378 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Edition:

Simon & Schuster Canada edition.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario : Simon & Schuster Canada, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2016.

Contents:

A note on the illustrations

Preface: how we got here from there. Part 1 Laying the foundations : A tapestry of peoples: George-Étienne Cartier and the idea of federalism

Mountie mythology: Samuel Benfield Steele's iron fist in a velvet glove

Looking inward, looking outward: Emily Carr and Canada's vast canvas

Beaver tales: Harold Innis and the ties that bind. Part 2 A different kind of country : Caring for each other: Tommy Douglas kick-starts Medicare

Landscaping a literature: Margaret Atwood and the geography of the mind

Establishing our rights: Bertha Wilson champions the charter. Part 3 Straining at the seams : Silent no more: Elijah Harper and the power of no

What does the west want?: Preston Manning and populist power

Secret handshake: the power of now. Timeline

Acknowledgements

Notes

Sources

Illustration credits

Index.

Notes:

"Phyllis Bruce Editions."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 334-352) and index.

ISBN:

9781476784670

1476784671

OCLC:

962818193