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Profiles of Canada, Third Edition

Edited by Kenneth G. Pryke & Walter C. Soderlund
Categories: History of the Americas, History, History and Archaeology, Canada, North America (USA and Canada), The Americas, Place qualifiers, Social and cultural anthropology, Anthropology, Sociology and anthropology, Society and Social Sciences
Publisher: Canadian Scholars
Paperback : 9781551302263, 550 pages, May 2003
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Table of contents

Introduction - Kenneth G. Pryke and Walter C. Soderlund
PART 1: BASIC COMPONENTS
Chapter 1: A Profile of Canadian History - Kenneth G. Pryke
Chapter 2: A Profile of Canadian Regionalism - Andrew Nurse
Chapter 3: The Canadian North - Bruce W. Hodgins
Chapter 4: A Commentary on Some Aspects of Canadian Culture - Len Kuffert
Chapter 5: Model of Virtue or Candidate for Censure? Assessing Canada's Treatment of Ethnic Minorities - Tamara Palmer Seiler
Chapter 6: Women in Canada: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back - Heather MacIvor
Chapter 7: Sport and Canadian Culture - Alan Metcalfe
PART 2: POLICY PROCESSES
Chapter 8: Political Institutions and Public Policy - Michael Howlett
Chapter 9: Globalization and Its Consequences in Canada - Stephen Brooks
Chapter 10: For Export: Multiculturalism and Globalization - Yasmeen Abu-Laban
Chapter 11: Organizing against Oppression: Aboriginal Women, Law, and Feminism - Patricia A. Monture-Angus
Chapter 12: Canadian Health Care - Antonia Maioni
PART 3: THE ARTS
Chapter 13: French-Language Literature in Canada - Cynthia T. Hahn
Chapter 14: Issues and Contexts: Canadian Literature in English - Karen E. Macfarlane
Chapter 15: As Birds Bring Forth the Sun - Alistair MacLeod
Chapter 16: Canadian Theatre: Visions and Revisions - Don Rubin
Chapter 17: Fragments or Persistence of Visions: Continuity in Canadian Film History - Andre Loiselle
Chapter 18: The Canadian Soundscape - Elaine Keillor
Chapter 19: Canadian Painting - Sandra Paikowsky
A Guide for Student Research
List of Contributors
Name Index
Subject Index

Description

This third edition of Profiles of Canada combines depth, breadth, sophistication, and readability to offer the student a comprehensive introduction to Canadian society. The editors have brought together contributions from a wide range of disciplines to create a fascinating overview of the various facets of Canadian life and culture.

The text includes aspects of the Canadian experience not usually found in introductory texts. The inclusion of a short story by Alistair MacLeod, for example, is an innovative departure from the academic writing of the other chapters, and provides the student of Canadian society with a sample of the finest in contemporary Canadian writing.

Editors Dr. Kenneth Pryke and Dr. Walter Soderlund have carried out a successful update of the earlier editions of this well-respected text. Aspects of Canada explored in this new edition include regionalism, the North, demography, ethnicity, culture, and sport.