{"product_id":"canada-and-the-end-of-phillip-buckner-9780774809153","title":"Canada and the End of Empire","description":"\u003cp\u003eSir John Seeley once wrote that the British Empire was acquired in \"a fit of absence of mind.\" Whatever the truth of this comment, it is certainly arguable that the Empire was dismantled in such a fit. This collection deals with a neglected subject in post-Confederation Canadian history - the implications to Canada and Canadians of British decolonization and the end of empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCanada and the End of Empire\u003c\/i\u003e looks at Canadian diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom and the United States, the Suez crisis, the changing economic relationship with Great Britain in the 1950s and 1960s, the role of educational and cultural institutions in maintaining the British connection, the royal tour of 1959, the decision to adopt a new flag in 1964, the efforts to find a formula for repatriating the constitution, the Canadianization of the Royal Canadian Navy, and the attitude of First Nations to the changed nature of the Anglo-Canadian relationship. Historians in Commonwealth countries tend to view the end of British rule from a nationalist perspective. \u003ci\u003eCanada and the End of Empire\u003c\/i\u003e challenges this view and demonstrates the centrality of imperial history in Canadian historiography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn important addition to the growing canon of empire studies and imperial history, this book will be of interest to historians of the Commonwealth, and to scholars and students interested in the relationship between colonialism and nationalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Phillip Buckner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0774809159\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780774809153\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of British Columbia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/08\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 334\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Phillip Buckner","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086848372991,"sku":"9780774809153","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9aa831c7-6579-4ff1-bdaa-904a70d35727.jpg?v=1769096937","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/canada-and-the-end-of-phillip-buckner-9780774809153","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}