The Sixties
Passion, Politics, and Style
Will be published approx. on 1. February 2008
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-0-7735-3321-9 (ISBN)
Description
A fresh new approach to a loud, lively and profound period of change
Reviews / Votes
"The Sixties: Passion, Politics and Style makes a significant contribution to the existing historiography in Canada. The new areas in Canadian history addressed by the authors make this volume especially important." Robert Rutherdale, Algoma University College, Laurentian UniversityMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Montreal
Canada
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
9 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
400 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7735-3321-9 (9780773533219)
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Additional editions
E-Book
02/2008
MQUP
€50.99
Available for download
E-Book
02/2008
1st Edition
De Gruyter
€27.99
Available for download
Person
Dimitry Anastakis teaches history at Trent University and is the author of Auto Pact: Creating a Borderless North American Auto Industry, 1960-1971.
Content
1 Introduction / Dimitry Anastakis; 2 The Sixties in Print: Remembering Quebec's Quiet Revolution / Gretta Chambers; 3 Canadian Women and the International Arena in the Sixties: The Voice of Women/La voix des femmes and the Opposition to the Vietnam War / Frances Early; 4 Negotiating Citizenship: Joyce Wieland's Reason over Passion / Kristy A. Holmes; 5 A Crash Course in Manhood: Men, Cars, and Risk in Postwar Vancouver / Christopher Dummitt; 6 "The Age of Aquarius": Medical Expertise and the Prevention and Control of Drug Use Undertaken by the Quebec and Ontario Governments / Marcel Martel; 7 Canada's Foul-Weather Friend: How the War Disguised de Gaulle's Designs / Olivier Courteaux; 8 The Ambivalence of Architectural Culture in Quebec and Canada, 1955-1975 / France Vanlaethem; 9 Art and Urban Renewal: MoMA's New City Exhibition and Halifax's Uniacke Square / Krys Verrall; 10 California Casual: How the Slouch Sold the Modern / Nicholas Olsberg