Heroines and History: Representations of Madeleine de Verchères and Laura Secord

by Colin M. Coates and Cecilia Morgan

Heroines and History is a comparative study of the images of Laura Secord and Madeleine de Verch res, symbols respectively of the nationalism of English-Canadian and French-Canadian loyalism and national identity. The authors explore the relations of gender, race/ethnicity, and imperialism in defining national identity and shaping the past by looking at such things as the role of local historical societies, the formation of narratives of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802083307
• ISBN13: 9780802083302
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"