Let the Eastern Bastards Freeze in the Dark: The West Versus the Rest Since Confederation

by Mary Janigan

Book Overview

The oil sands. Global warming. The National Energy Program. Though these seem like modern Canadian subjects, author Mary Janigan reveals them to be a legacy of longstanding regional rivalry. Something of a "Third Solitude" since entering Confederation, the West has long been overshadowed by Canada's other great national debate: but as the conflict over natural resources and their effect on climate change heats up, 150 years of antipathy are coming...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030740062X
• ISBN13: 9780307400628
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Knopf Canada
• Length: 426 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"