National Dreams: Myth, Memory, and Canadian History

by Daniel Francis

Book Overview

As Canadians, we remember the stories told to us in high-school history class as condensed images of the past--the glorious Mountie, the fearsome Native, the Last Spike. National Dreams is an incisive study of the most persistent icons and stories in Canadian history, and how they inform our sense of national identity: the fundamental beliefs that we Canadians hold about ourselves. National Dreams is the story of our stories; the myths...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1551520435
• ISBN13: 9781551520438
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 9.0"