The Centennial Cure
Author | : Meaghan Elizabeth Beaton |
Publisher | : University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2017-01-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781487521523 |
ISBN-13 | : 1487521529 |
Rating | : 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: "This book examines the intersection of state policy, cultural development, and commemoration during Canada's 1967 centennial celebrations. It explores four initiatives that were undertaken in Nova Scotia to mark this anniversary, and demonstrates one province's response to Lamontagne's appeal to stem Canada's cultural poverty. These initiaties also reflected those larger social, cultural, economic, and political transformations that took place in postwar Nova Scotia. Further they help us understand the province's experience within the broader context of the development of modern Canadian cultural and social history."--