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Colin McCullough - Creating Canada’s Peacekeeping Past - 9780774832489 - V9780774832489
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Creating Canada’s Peacekeeping Past

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Description for Creating Canada’s Peacekeeping Past Hardback. Creating Canada's Peacekeeping Past delves into diverse representations of Canadian peacekeeping, including National Film Board documentaries, political rhetoric, and high school textbooks to show how peacekeeping became a symbol of Canadian national identity in both French and English Canada. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History. Num Pages: 544 pages, 17 photographs, 22 line art, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJP; HBJK; HBTB; HBW; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.

Peacekeeping. Despite efforts to relegate it to the past, what was once a central pillar in Canada’s national identity has been making a comeback in recent years. Creating Canada’s Peacekeeping Past illuminates how participation in the United Nations’ peacekeeping efforts from 1956 to 1997 became central to national self-identification in both English and French Canada. Delving into four decades’ worth of political rhetoric, newspaper coverage, textbooks, and more, Colin McCullough outlines continuity and change in the production and reception of messages about peacekeeping. He demonstrates that those who produced messages about peacekeeping often overlooked the particularities of individual missions, preferring ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Canadian Military History
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774832489
SKU
V9780774832489
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About Colin McCullough
Colin McCullough is an adjunct professor in history at McMaster University and at Ryerson University. He is the co-editor of Violence, Memory, and History: Western Perceptions of Kristallnacht as well as the author of a number of educational materials related to Canadian history.

Reviews for Creating Canada’s Peacekeeping Past
Creating Canada’s Peacekeeping Past is a valuable book by a serious scholar. It will be required reading for scholars of Canadian and foreign and defence policy and international affairs for years to come.
Adam Chapnick, Royal Military College of Canada
Ontario History
…McCullough demonstrates how cultural histories can rejuvenate topics rooted in diplomatic and military histories. Creating ... Read more

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