Walter L. Gordon Lecture Series 1977-78 Volume 2 Goals for Canada, The/Serie de conferences en l'honneur de Walter L. Gordon 1977-78 Volume 2 Objectifs Canada

Langue : anglais

Edité par n/a, 1978

0920396011 / 9780920396018

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Previous Owner Markings; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped. The introduction and addresses by Professor Abraham Rotstein and Mr. William Dimma have been translated into French by Annick Tonet-Tyers. Professor Leon Dion's address was translated into English by Freya Godard. CONTENTS: This book is completely bilingual (English and French). All text is available in both languages. Introduction - by Beland Honderich; Is There an English-Canadian Nationalism? - by Abraham Rotstein; Canada and Quebec: The Significance of Nationalism - by Leon Dion; Canada: Goals and Other Chimerical Beasts - by William A. Dimma. PUBLISHER: The Walter L. Gordon Lecture Series Fund was established in 1976 for the purpose of financing an annual series of lectures on contemporary Canadian themes and of publishing each annual series. The Fund is temporarily administered by The Canada Studies Foundation, 252 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1V5. Printed in Canada 1978 by Omnigraphics Inc., Toronto, Ontario. EXCERPT: INTRODUCTION . . . The 1977-78 lectures, delivered at Laval, Queen's and Simon Fraser universities, focussed on "Goals for Canada". Not surprisingly, a central theme was nationalism: the need for a coherent sense of cultural and economic nationalism in English Canada both as a means of understanding Quebec and giving substance to our symbols of nationhood . . . The three lectures combine to identify, in a perceptive and scholarly fashion, major challenges and opportunities facing Canada today. How we respond to them will do much to shape the future of our country. - Beland Honderich, Chairman and Publisher, The Toronto Star Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Titre
Walter L. Gordon Lecture Series 1977-78 Volume 2 Goals for Canada, The/Serie de conferences en l'honneur de Walter L. Gordon 1977-78 Volume 2 Objectifs Canada
Auteur
Honderich, Beland; Rotstein, Abraham; Dion, Leon; Dimma, William A.
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n/a
Année de publication
1978
État de l'article
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Trade Paperback
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
0920396011
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9780920396018
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Politics & Government - Canadian

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