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History Post-confederation (1867-)

The Canadianization Movement

Emergence, Survival, and Success

by (author) Jeffrey Cormier

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Apr 2004
Category
Post-Confederation (1867-), General
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780802088154
    Publish Date
    Apr 2004
    List Price
    $102.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442680616
    Publish Date
    Apr 2004
    List Price
    $99.00

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In The Canadianization Movement, Jeffrey Cormier examines the 'Canadianization' of the Canadian intellectual and cultural communities from the 1960s to the 1980s. The author documents the efforts of cultural nationalists as they struggled to build a strong, vibrant Canadian cultural community.

Cormier asks four questions to guide his analysis. First, why did the Canadianization movement emerge when it did? Second, how did the movement transform itself for long-term survival? Third, what kinds of mobilizing structures did the movement make use of, and what influence did these structures have on the movement's activities? And finally, how did the movement maintain itself in times when the political and media climate was unsupportive?

Using data collected from archival sources as well as twenty-two in-depth interviews with participants, Cormier documents the actions that organizational intellectuals took in pushing for social and cultural change, an aspect of social movements literature that, until now, has largely been only theorized about.

About the author

Jeffrey Cormier is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at King's College, University of Western Ontario.

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