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How can we know where we’re going if we don’t know where we are coming from? This question applies as much to nations as it does to tra... read full description

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Aug 21, 2010
Amanda rated it: 2 of 5 stars
As a historian, these kind of books make me supremely nervous - one of my favourite professors once said that you could tell the current political agenda just by looking at the most fashionable popular history texts. That said, this is better than your average coffee-table book but still centered on the idea of a national narrative that is a) cohesive, and b) overwhelmingly populist. In short, it does what it sets out to do - tell the story of the people - instead of the more common eastern-foc More...
Jul 29, 2011
Jamie rated it: 5 of 5 stars
I learned more about the founding and history of Canada from these books than I ever did in school.
Jan 23, 2012
Manuelshift rated it: 5 of 5 stars
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TJB rated it: 4 of 5 stars
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Jun 24, 2011
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Feb 06, 2011
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Jul 31, 2010
John rated it: 4 of 5 stars
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Jan 22, 2010
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Feb 07, 2011
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Steve rated it: 4 of 5 stars
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Edmund rated it: 3 of 5 stars
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Lisa Dawn rated it: 5 of 5 stars