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The Making of the Nations and Cultures of the New World

An Essay in Comparative History

Gerard Bouchard author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:McGill-Queen's University Press

Published:3rd Mar '08

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Explores the question of how a culture - a collective imaginary - is born. This book compares the historical itineraries of New World collectivities, which were driven by a dream of freedom and sovereignty, and finds major differences as well as striking commonalities in their formation and evolution.A comparative, post-colonial exploration of how the collectivities of the New World became nations

"A masterful work on the evolution of new collectivities and their preoccupations with identity, in which the originality of the thinking and the elegance of the style are matched by extensive research and the topicality of the theme. This plea for comparative history takes a new look at Quebec society and the path it has taken in the world." Governor General's Literary Awards Jury

ISBN: 9780773532946

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 652g

448 pages