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Replenishing the Earth
Why are we speaking English? Replenishing the Earth gives a new answer to that question, uncovering a 'settler revolution' that took place from the early nineteenth century that led to the explosive settlement of the American West and its forgotten twin, the British West, comprising the settler dominions of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. Between 1780 and 1930 the number of English-speakers rocketed from 12 million in 1780 to 200 million, and their wealth and power grew to match. Their secret was not racial, or cultural, or institutional superiority but a resonant intersection of historical changes, including the sudden rise of mass transfer across oceans and mountains, a r...
Political Culture and Constitutionalism
Contributors discuss the societal factors necessary for building a democratic state. Essays address subjects such as political culture and constitutionalism in Britain and America, constitutionalism in remade democracies such as Japan and Germany, and constitutionalism and modernization in the semiperiphery and in post colonial states. Paper edition (unseen), $20.00 Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Creating Societies
Dirk Hoerder shows us that it is not shining railroad tracks or statesmen in Ottawa that make up the story of Canada but rather individual stories of life and labour - Caribbean women who care for children born in Canada, lonely prairie homesteaders, miners in Alberta and British Columbia, women labouring in factories, Chinese and Japanese immigrants carving out new lives in the face of hostility. Hoerder examines these individual experiences in Creating Societies, the first systematic overview of the total Canadian immigrant experience. Using letters, travel accounts, diaries, memoirs, and reminiscences, he brings the immigrant's experiences to life. Their writings, often recorded for grandchildren, neighbours, and sometimes a larger public, show how immigrant lives were entwined with the emerging Canadian society. Hoerder presents an important new picture of the emerging Canadian identity, dispelling the Canadian myth of a dichotomy between national unity and ethnic diversity and emphasizing the long-standing interaction between the members of a different ethnic groups.
Identities in North America
This wide-ranging inquiry into the socio-cultural forces that define the three nations of North America seeks out ways in which the countries can become more comfortable with their collective future on the continent.
The Working Press of the Nation
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Democracy and North America
The essays in this volume assess democracy in continental North America - Canada, the United States and Mexico - and the process of democratization within these countries. Despite their geographical concentration, these states have had widely differing experiences in their attempts to democratize.
