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Canadian society in the twenty-first century : an historical sociological approach / Trevor W. Harrison, John W. Friesen.

Harrison, Trevor, 1952- (Author). Friesen, John W. (Added Author).

Summary:

Now in its second edition, Canadian Society in the 21st Century: A Historical Sociological Approach opens up an engaging and much-needed overview of our society, at a level appropriate for a wide range of courses in Canadian Studies, Sociology, and History. This original work examines the growth and development of Canadian society within a socio-historical framework. The authors investigate historical, economic, political, cultural, and ideological perspectives through three key relationships: Quebec and Canada, Canada and the United States, and Canada and the Aboriginal Nations. This textbook: Examines society as a set of relationships that emerge gradually over time as fostered, encouraged, and mediated by a set of institutions, in particular, the state and markets; Explores society as the product of an historical narrative - a movie, rather than a snapshot - which enlists many literary devices, including myths, metaphors, symbols, heroes, villains, and tragic figures; Identifies the complex relationship between individuals and society. Students are asked to consider to what extent individuals create society, and conversely, to what extent society creates individuals.

Record details

ISBN: 9781551303710
ISBN: 155130371X
Physical Description: x, 313 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Edition: [2nd ed.]
Publisher: Toronto : Women's Press, c2010.

Content descriptions

General Note:	New December 2013.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-297) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	What is society? -- Canada and Qubec -- Living with the consequences of 1760 -- A hundred years of solitudes -- The constitutional years -- The return of the nation -- Canada and the United States -- The making of English Canada -- English Canada in transition -- From colony to nation - to colony? -- Canada, globalization, and the American empire -- Canada and the Aboriginal nations -- When cultural worlds collide -- Keepers of the north -- The fight for justice -- New learning paths -- Canada in the world and in the future -- Appendix 1: Canadian federal election results since confederation -- Appendix 2: Canadian prime ministers, governments, and major policies since confederation -- References -- Index.