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Social Science Popular Culture

The Mountie from Dime Novel to Disney

by (author) Michael Dawson

Publisher
Between the Lines
Initial publish date
Apr 1998
Category
Popular Culture, General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781896357164
    Publish Date
    Apr 1998
    List Price
    $24.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781926662664
    Publish Date
    Apr 1998
    List Price
    $16.99

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Historian Michael Dawson digs deep into the written and pictorial record to reveal how the RCMP, since its inception, has constructed and zealously guarded its public image. Drawing on previously untapped sources, Dawson documents how consultants and entrepreneurs deliberately transformed and modernized the traditional symbolism of the Mountie. His trenchant analysis extends to the ironies of the recent licensing of the hallowed Mountie image to the ultimate dream-merchants——Disney.

About the author

Michael Dawson is Professor of History at St where he teaches courses on Canadian History, the global history of sport and tourism, and the comparative history of national identity and popular culture in Canada, New Zealand and Australia.In 2014 he was elected to the Royal Society of Canada's College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.

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