So They Want Us to Learn French: Promoting and Opposing Bilingualism in English-Speaking Canada - Couverture souple

Hayday, Matthew

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0774830050 ISBN 13 : 9780774830058

Editeur : University of British Columbia Press, 2016

Synopsis

Bilingualism has become a defining aspect of Canadian identity. But why don't more English Canadians actually speak French? So They Want Us to Learn French explores the various ways in which bilingualism was promoted to English-speaking Canadians from the 1960s to the late 1990s. It analyzes the strategies and tactics employed by organizations on both sides of the bilingualism debate. Attentive to the dramatic background of constitutional change, economic turmoil, demographic shifts, and Quebec separatism, Matthew Hayday's vivid account places the personal experience of Canadians faced with the issue and reality of Canadian bilingualism within a historical, political, and social context.

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À propos de l?auteur

Matthew Hayday is associate professor of Canadian history at the University of Guelph. He is currently the series editor for Oxford University Press Canada's "Living History" Canadian history book series.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of British Columbia Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0774830050
• ISBN 13: 9780774830058
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 364
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Buchpark GmbH; https://www.buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Allemagne