Daniel Frances

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
National Dreams Myth, Mystery, and Canadian History Arsenal Pulp Press	As Canadians, we remember the stories told to us in high-school history class as condensed images of the past—the glorious Mountie, the fearsome Native, the Last Spike. National …	Daniel Frances	217	1997	View
From Introduction The Story of Canada From: National Dreams View Arsenal Pulp Press	In the introduction the author states that Indians were referred to as looking “Alien Like” and that the “British-born Canadians” are the “Elect of the earth”. …	Daniel Frances	30	1997	$0.90 Add
From Making Tracks The Myth of CPR From: National Dreams View Arsenal Pulp Press	The myth of the CPR as creator of the country is, in fact, as old as the railway itself, which is not surprising given that it was the railway itself which created the myth. The mundane act of …	Daniel Frances	39	1997	$1.17 Add
From The Mild West The Myth of RCMP From: National Dreams View Arsenal Pulp Press	For a hundred years the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has occupied a special place in Canadian history and our imaginations. The story of how they drove out the American whiskey peddlers and …	Daniel Frances	49	1997	$1.96 Add
From Your Majesty’s Realm The Myth of the Master Race From: National Dreams View Arsenal Pulp Press	Canadian schoolchildren, who were taught to venerate Great Britain and its empire pledged allegiance to the monarch and sang "Rule Britannia" and "Soldiers of the Queen." …	Daniel Frances	63	1997	$3.78 Add
From The Infantilization of Quebec The Myth of Unity From: National Dreams View Arsenal Pulp Press	The author presents the opposing view points on the Battle of Quebec. For generations, while Quebec historians characterized the Battle of Quebec as a catastrophe, English-Canadian historians …	Daniel Frances	49	1997	$1.96 Add
From Divided We Stand The Myth of Heroism From: National Dreams View Arsenal Pulp Press	It has often been observed that English Canada has not produced many heroes. The overwhelming influence of American culture on Canadian lives has inhibited the emergence of homegrown greatness. …	Daniel Frances	42	1997	$1.68 Add
From The Ideology of the Canoe The Myth of Wilderness From: National Dreams View Arsenal Pulp Press	The canoe is omnipresent in Canadian history and folklore. Canadians feel that the canoe is a fundamental icon of our nationality, representing as it does our links to our history, to our land, …	Daniel Frances	50	1997	$2.50 Add
From Great White Hope The Myth of North From: National Dreams View Arsenal Pulp Press	There have been writers, politicians, intellectuals who believed that it was its northernness which made Canada distinct. The "cult of the North" gained coherent expression for the …	Daniel Frances	46	1997	$1.84 Add
From Conclusion History in an Age of Anxiety From: National Dreams View Arsenal Pulp Press	Many Canadians are afflicted by perseveration of memory. They repeat the familiar myths of our history even as they must know that they no longer explain much about us. History is a …	Daniel Frances	29	1997	$0.58 Add