Commemorating Canada
History, Heritage, and Memory, 1850s-1990s
Description
“This is a book that should be widely read (. . . ) All who are interested in Canadian history will benefit from this wide-reaching study. ” Tim Cook, Canada’s History October-November 2016
Commemorating Canada is a concise narrative overview of the development of history and commemoration in Canada, designed for use in courses on public history, historical memory, heritage preservation, and related areas. Cecilia Morgan demonstrates the importance of history in shaping Canadian identity and also discusses the activism and agency of women, immigrants, and Indigenous peoples. The book concludes with a brief examination of present-day debates over Canada’s history and Canadians’ continuing interest in their pasts.
Reviews
‘This will be a useful resource for teaching how history has been used and abused for nationalist and other purposes. ’
- J.I. Little
"Commemorating Canada contributes to the series Themes in Canadian History, which aims at undergraduate readers by filling the gap between specialist monographs and textbooks. Cecilia Morgan pays careful attention to the ways particular communities have fronted their versions of history, from Roman Catholic francophones in Quebec, to First Nations, to African Canadians. She is also attentive to gender roles. "
- Margery Fee
"Commemorating Canada offers a deep and thoroughly informative history of what collective remembering in Canada has been in the past and invites attention to what it is yet to become. "
- Scott Herder, University of Toronto
‘Anyone interested in teaching students about how history of education can reveal prevailing contemporary attitudes would do well to assign this book. ’
- Alan Gordon
‘This is a book that should be widely read…All who are interested in Canadian history will benefit from this wide-reaching study. ’
- Tim Cook