Imperial Dreams and Colonial Realities: British Views of Canada, 1880-1914University of Toronto Press, 1988 - 270 pagina's "In the Age of New Imperialism, Canada figured prominently in British imperial dreams and public debate ... The nine stereotypical British views presented here show how great was the gulf between imperially motivated illusions and harsh Canadian realities."--back cover. |
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... society so far removed from the British purview , a society rapidly developing its own sense of identity and purpose . But it was essentially created by the fact that the initial images of Canada which the British reader encountered ...
... society so far removed from the British purview , a society rapidly developing its own sense of identity and purpose . But it was essentially created by the fact that the initial images of Canada which the British reader encountered ...
Pagina 217
... Canadian manners in her Canadian Scrap - Book ( 1897 ) , bemoans the awful pervasiveness of the ' Canadian twang , ' she sees it as being symptomatic of the decline of English values and influence in Canadian society : The withdrawal of ...
... Canadian manners in her Canadian Scrap - Book ( 1897 ) , bemoans the awful pervasiveness of the ' Canadian twang , ' she sees it as being symptomatic of the decline of English values and influence in Canadian society : The withdrawal of ...
Pagina 223
... the streets , rode in the cars , ate at my hotel , smoked in the vestibule . The talk was ever the same - money making ! '40 Canadians had caught the New World fever . To get ahead in life in a material Canadian Society 223.
... the streets , rode in the cars , ate at my hotel , smoked in the vestibule . The talk was ever the same - money making ! '40 Canadians had caught the New World fever . To get ahead in life in a material Canadian Society 223.
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A Boys Own View of Canada | 37 |
ImperialMinded Sportsmen in Canada | 61 |
Western Canada | 115 |
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Imperial Dreams and Colonial Realities: British Views of Canada, 1880-1914 R. G. Moyles,Doug Owram Fragmentweergave - 1988 |
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