Canada and the end of empire / edited by Phillip Buckner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Buckner, Phillip A. (Phillip Alfred), 1942-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Postcolonialism--Canada.

Postcolonialism.

Nationalism--Canada--History.

Nationalism.

Canada--History--20th century.

Canada.

Canada--Relations--Great Britain.

Great Britain--Relations--Canada.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Sir John Seeley once wrote that the British Empire was acquired in "a fit of absence of mind." Whatever the truth of this comment, it is certainly arguable that the Empire was dismantled in such a fit. This collection deals with a neglected subject in post-Confederation Canadian history -- the implications to Canada and Canadians of British decolonization and the end of empire. Canada and the End of Empire looks at Canadian diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom and the United States, the Suez crisis, the changing economic relationship with Great Britain in the 1950s and 1960s, the role of educational and cultural institutions in maintaining the British connection, the royal tour of 1959, the decision to adopt a new flag in 1964, the efforts to find a formula for repatriating the constitution, the Canadianization of the Royal Canadian Navy, and the attitude of First Nations to the changed nature of the Anglo-Canadian relationship. Historians in Commonwealth countries tend to view the end of British rule from a nationalist perspective. Canada and the End of Empire challenges this view and demonstrates the centrality of imperial history in Canadian historiography. An important addition to the growing canon of empire studies and imperial history, this book will be of interest to historians of the Commonwealth, and to scholars and students interested in the relationship between colonialism and nationalism.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Canada and the End of Empire""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Imperial Twilight, or When Did the Empire End?""; ""2 Canadian Relations with the United Kingdom at the End of Empire, 1956- 73""; ""3 'Ready, Aye, Ready No More?" Canada, Britain, and the Suez Crisis in the Canadian Press""; ""4 The Last Great Royal Tour: Queen Elizabeth's 1959 Tour to Canada""; ""5 "An Objective of US Foreign Policy since the Founding of the Republic": The United States and the End of Empire in Canada""; ""6 Britain, Europe, and Diefenbaker's Trade Diversion Proposals, 1957- 58""

""7 Customs Valuations and Other Irritants: The Continuing Decline of Anglo- Canadian Trade in the 1960's""""8 Asleep at the Wheel? British Motor Vehicle Exports to Canada, 1945- 75""; ""9 Britain, Europe, and the Other Quiet Revolution in Canada""; ""10 Nostalgia and National Identity: The History and Social Studies Curricula of Alberta and Ontario at the End of Empire""; ""11 The Persistence of Britain: The Culture Project in Postwar Canada""; ""12 From Guthrie to Greenberg: Canadian High Culture and the End of Empire""

""13 Ontario's Agenda in Post-Imperial Constitutional Negotiations, 1949- 68""""14 The Last Gasp of Empire: The 1964 Flag Debate Revisited""; ""15 One Flag, One Throne, One Empire: The IODE, the Great Flag Debate, and the End of Empire""; ""16 More Royal than Canadian? The Royal Canadian Navy's Search for Identity, 1910- 68""; ""17 Technology and Empire: The Ideas of Harold A. Innis and George P. Grant""; ""18 Petitioning the Great White Mother: First Nations Organizations and Lobbying in London""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-7748-5129-5

OCLC:

923441197