Canada In The World
Settler Capitalism and the Colonial Imagination
Description
Through a close examination of Canadian foreign policy, from crushing an Indigenous rebellion in El Salvador, “peacekeeping” missions in the Congo and Somalia, and Cold War interventions in Vietnam and Indonesia, to Canadian participation in the War on Terror, Canada in the World finds that this colonial heart has dictated Canada’s actions in the world since the beginning.
Reviews
“Shipley’s outstanding scholarship is matched by the accessibility of his
- Veldon Coburn, University of Ottawa
writing; this book will reach across audiences of all varieties, as it deserves.”
“The book fundamentally disrupts the notion that Canada is a benevolent, helpful, middle power, and sets the record straight on the colonial and imperial aspects of the Canadian state.”
- David P. Thomas, author of Bombardier Abroad
“Canada in the World should be both rigorously studied and strenuously debated by all who seek to understand the country’s past, transform its present, and reimagine its future.”
- Ian McKay, McMaster University
“Shipley meticulously traces the racial capitalist line that runs through Canadian history, insisting that we understand that Canada moves in the world as a state that is dedicated first and foremost to the interests of white capital.”
- Sherene H. Razack, author of Dying From Improvement