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The Making of the Nations and Cultures of the New World

An Essay in Comparative History

by (author) Gerard Bouchard

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Mar 2008
Category
General
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780773574526
    Publish Date
    Mar 2008
    List Price
    $100.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780773532946
    Publish Date
    Mar 2008
    List Price
    $40.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780773532137
    Publish Date
    Mar 2008
    List Price
    $125.00

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The Making of the Nations and Cultures of the New World explores the question of how a culture - a collective consciousness - is born. Gérard Bouchard compares the histories of New World collectivities, which were driven by a dream of freedom and sovereignty, and finds both major differences and striking commonalities in their formation and evolution. He also considers the myths and discursive strategies devised by elites in their efforts to unite and mobilize diversified populations.

About the author

Gérard Bouchard is professor, human sciences, Université de Québec à Chicoutimi, and the author of numerous books, including Quelques arpents d'Amérique : population, économie, famille au Saguenay, 1838-1971, which won the 2000 Francois-Xavier Garneau Medal, Canadian Historical Association. He holds a Canada Research Chair and was appointed to the French Legion of Honour in 2002.

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