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Canada's prime ministers and the shaping of a national identity /

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"Since Confederation, Canadian prime ministers have consciously constructed the national story. Each created shared narratives, formulating and reformulating a series of unifying national ideas that served to keep this geographically large, ethnically diverse, and regionalized nation together....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Blake, Raymond Benjamin (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, [2024]
Series:C.D. Howe series in Canadian political history.
Subjects:
Nationalism > Canada > History > 20th century.
Nationalism > Canada > History > 21st century.
Prime ministers > Canada > History > 20th century.
Prime ministers > Canada > History > 21st century.
Nationalisme > Canada > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Nationalisme > Canada > Histoire > 21e siècle.
Premiers ministres > Canada > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Premiers ministres > Canada > Histoire > 21e siècle.
Table of Contents:
  • Postwar Beginnings: W.L. Mackenzie King, 1945-48
  • No Ordinary Nation: Louis St-Laurent, 1948-57
  • "My Fellow Canadians": John Diefenbaker, 1957-63
  • Unity through Cooperation: Lester B. Pearson, 1963-68
  • Toward a Multicultural Just Society: Pierre Trudeau, 1968-84
  • Weaving the Last Threads: Brian Mulroney, 1984-93
  • The Canada We Want: Jean Chrétien, 1993-2005
  • National Values: Stephen Harper, 2006-15.