The peoples of Canada
"In The Peoples of Canada - the first history of Canada by a single scholar in many years - J.M. Bumsted has broken with traditional emphases on political, constitutional, and military issues (though they are certainly not ignored) to focus on the economy, society, the family, and culture, and he treats other cultural identities and regions besides the bilingual-bicultural development based in Ontario/Quebec." "This second volume, A Post-Confederation History, of a two-volume work describes the period 1885-1919 as one of economic expansion, sustained by the Great War, in which there was a great wave of social reform connected with industrialization and urbanization. The period 1921-1945 is characterized by what Stephen Leacock called 'The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice'. The Second World War brought the trappings of national sovereignty to Canada, and gave birth to the welfare state. The growth and affluence that followed - along with striking changes in lifestyles, and headlong developments in the arts - are described for the period 1945-1972. Finally, the years from the 1970s to the present - when all the givens of the past (Liberalism, centralism, and nationalism) were attacked from several directions and began to unravel - are brilliantly surveyed. The Epilogue, 'Towards the 21st Century', concludes with the referendum of October 1992." "J.M. Bumsted has provided a fresh and illuminating look at Canadian history for the present time, in a text that is readable, richly detailed, and generously illustrated."--Jacket
Print Book, English, 1992
Oxford University Press, Toronto, 1992