Commemorating Canada : history, heritage, and memory, 1850s-1990s

Morgan, Cecilia, 1958- author.

Book 2016

Commemorating Canada is a concise narrative overview of the development of history and commemoration in Canada, designed for use in courses on public history, historical memory, heritage preservation, and related areas. Examining why, when, where, and for whom historical narratives have been important, Cecilia Morgan describes the growth of historical pageantry, popular history, textbooks, historical societies, museums, and monuments through the...

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Canada Anniversaries, etc

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Canada History 19th century

Canada History 20th century

Collective memory Canada

Memorials Canada

Public history Canada

Part of a Series:

Themes in Canadian history Themes in Canadian history ; 14

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ISBN:

9781442610613
1442610611

Description:

x, 207 pages ; 22 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-199) and index

Contents:

Introduction
History and memory, 1750s 1870s
The heyday of public commemorations in Canada : 1870s 1920s
Remembering Canada at war
Commemoration, historical preservation, and the Canadian state
Shaping history through tourism
Teaching the nation its history : schoolchildren and the Canadian past
Epilogue

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1639708

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