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Louis Riel and the creation of modern Canada [electronic resource] : mythic discourse and the postcolonial state / Jennifer Reid.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Reid, Jennifer, 1962-
- Series:
- Religions of the Americas series.
- Religions of the Americas series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Red River Resistance, Man., 1869-1870.
- Northwest Resistance, Canada, 1885.
- Métis--Northwest, Canadian--History--19th century.
- Métis.
- National characteristics, Canadian.
- Nationalism--Canada.
- Nationalism.
- Postcolonialism--Canada.
- Postcolonialism.
- Canada--History.
- Canada.
- Canada--Politics and government.
- Canada--Folklore.
- Riel, Louis, 1844-1885.
- Riel, Louis.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (328 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Reid offers a look at the religious background of Louis Riel who was hung for his role in fomenting revolutions in the Canadian North-West Territory but has now become a national hero.
- Contents:
- Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of Maps; Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1: Setting the Stage: The North-West to 1885; 2: Canadian Myths and Canadian Identity; 3: Nation-States and National Discourses; 4: Violence and State Creation; 5: Revolution, Identity, and Canada; 6: Riel and the Canadian State; 7: Heterogeneity and the Postcolonial State; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-309) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-63672-7
- 0-8263-4417-8
- OCLC:
- 817819363
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