
The Promise of Canada
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From the acclaimed historian Charlotte Gray comes a richly rewarding book about what it means to be Canadian. Readers already know Gray as an award-winning biographer, a writer who has brilliantly captured significant individuals and dramatic moments in our history. Now, in The Promise of Canada, she weaves together masterful portraits of nine influential Canadians, creating a unique history of our country.
What do these people?from George-Étienne Cartier and Emily Carr to Tommy Douglas, Margaret Atwood, and Elijah Harper?have in common? Each, according to Charlotte Gray, has left an indelible mark on Canada. Deliberately avoiding a top-down approach to history, Gray has chosen Canadians?some well-known, others less so?whose ideas, she argues, have become part of our collective conversation about who we are as a people. She also highlights many other Canadians from all walks of life who have added to the ongoing debate, showing how our country has reinvented itself in every generation since Confederation, while at the same time holding to certain central beliefs.
Beautifully illustrated with evocative black-and-white historical images and colorful artistic visions, and written in an engaging style, The Promise of Canada is a fresh, thoughtful, and inspiring view of our historical journey. Opening doors into our past, present, and future with this masterful work, Charlotte Gray makes Canada's history come alive and challenges us to envision the country we want to live in.
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- Intro
- Dedication
- A Note on the Illustrations
- Preface: How We Got Here from There
- Part 1: Laying the Foundations
- 1. A Tapestry of Peoples: George-Étienne Cartier and the Idea of Federalism
- 2. Mountie Mythology: Samuel Benfield Steele's Iron Fist in a Velvet Glove
- 3. Looking Inward, Looking Outward: Emily Carr and Canada's Vast Canvas
- 4. Beaver Tales: Harold Innis and the Ties That Bind
- Part 2: A Different Kind of Country
- 5. Caring for Each Other: Tommy Douglas Kick-Starts Medicare
- 6. Landscaping a Literature: Margaret Atwood and the Geography of the Mind
- 7. Establishing Our Rights: Bertha Wilson Champions the Charter
- Part 3: Straining at the Seams
- 8. Silent No More: Elijah Harper and the Power of No
- 9. What Does the West Want?: Preston Manning and Populist Power
- 10. Secret Handshake: The Power of Now
- Timeline
- Artistic Visions of Canada
- Advertising in Canada
- Acknowledgements
- About Charlotte Gray
- Notes
- Sources
- Illustration Credits
- Index
- Copyright
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