The House of Difference: Cultural Politics and National Identity in Canada

by Eva Mackey

Book Overview

The unexpected global rise of intolerant nationalism at the end of the twentieth century has received much attention, and yet intolerance also manifests itself in more subtle ways, even in nations such as Canada, with its mythologized history of tolerance and its official policies of multiculturalism. Drawing on extensive fieldwork and interviews with white Canadians and government bureaucrats, as well as an in-depth analysis of national identity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802084818
• ISBN13: 9780802084811
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher