Prejudice and pride : Canadian intellectuals confront the United States, 1891-1945 / Damien-Claude Belanger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bélanger, Damien-Claude, 1976- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intellectuals--Canada--Attitudes.

Intellectuals.

Public opinion--Canada.

Public opinion.

United States--Foreign public opinion, Canadian.

United States.

United States--Civilization.

Canada--Relations--United States.

Canada.

United States--Relations--Canada.

Canada--Intellectual life.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (331 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As a country with enormous economic, military, and cultural power, the United States can seem an overwhelming neighbour - one that demands consideration by politicians, thinkers, and cultural figures. Prejudice and Pride examines and compares how English and French Canadian intellectuals viewed American society from 1891 to 1945. Based on over five hundred texts drawn largely from the era's periodical literature, the study reveals that English and French Canadian intellectuals shared common preoccupations with the United States, though the English tended to emphasize political issues and the French cultural issues. Damien-Claude Bľanger's in-depth analysis of anti-American sentiment during this era divides Canadian thinkers less along language lines and more according to their political stance as right-wing, left-wing, or centrist. Significantly, the era's discourse regarding American life and the Canadian-American relationship was less an expression of nationalism or a reaction to US policy than it was about the expression of wider attitudes concerning modernity.

Contents:

Introduction

Canadian-American relations : an intellectual history

American politics and philosophy

Religion and culture in the United States

Race and gender in the United States

The perils of prosperity and the search for order

Canadian identity and America

Twin perils : annexation and Americanization

Canadian-American relations and American foreign policy

Canadian-American trade, unionism, and migration

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781442699892

1442699892

9781442685420

1442685425

OCLC:

755882966