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Canoe Nation: Nature, Race, and the Making of a Canadian Icon
Bruce Erickson
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Description for Canoe Nation: Nature, Race, and the Making of a Canadian Icon
Hardback. An exploration of the canoe and its role in Canadian culture, nature, and colonial past. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBTP; JFSL; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 499.
More than an ancient means of transportation and trade, the canoe has come to be a symbol of Canada itself. In Canoe Nation, Bruce Erickson chronicles the story of the canoe in the Canadian imagination. He argues that the canoe’s sentimental power has come about through a set of narratives that attempt to legitimize a particular vision of Canada and explores how the canoe went from being an industrial-economic vehicle to a purely recreational vessel. From Alexander Mackenzie to Grey Owl to Pierre Elliott Trudeau, the canoe has been overvalued as a connection to the “nature” of Canada. Examining voyageur ... Read more
More than an ancient means of transportation and trade, the canoe has come to be a symbol of Canada itself. In Canoe Nation, Bruce Erickson chronicles the story of the canoe in the Canadian imagination. He argues that the canoe’s sentimental power has come about through a set of narratives that attempt to legitimize a particular vision of Canada and explores how the canoe went from being an industrial-economic vehicle to a purely recreational vessel. From Alexander Mackenzie to Grey Owl to Pierre Elliott Trudeau, the canoe has been overvalued as a connection to the “nature” of Canada. Examining voyageur ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
252
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774822480
SKU
V9780774822480
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About Bruce Erickson
Bruce Erickson is an assistant professor in the Department of Geography at York University in Toronto.
Reviews for Canoe Nation: Nature, Race, and the Making of a Canadian Icon
Canoe nation explores how the canoe is not only an important object of Canada’s understanding of itself as a nation, but also a vital and changing practice that is key to historically specific configurations of economics, landscapes, and modes of governance and citizenship. Ranging from the fur trade to celebrity wilderness paddling and tracing complex connections among economic, colonial, pedagogical, ... Read more