Constructing National Identity in Canadian and Australian Classrooms: The Crown of Education

by Stephen Jackson

Book Overview

This book explores the evolution of Canadian and Australian national identities in the era of decolonization by evaluating educational policies in Ontario, Canada, and Victoria, Australia. Drawing on sources such as textbooks and curricula, the book argues that Britishness, a sense of imperial citizenship connecting white Anglo-Saxons across the British Empire, continued to be a crucial marker of national identity in both Australia and Canada until...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030077616
• ISBN13: 9783030077617
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"