{"product_id":"canadas-first-century-donald-creighton-deceased-9780195449228","title":"Canada's First Century","description":"Award-winning author Donald Creighton was a Red Ensign nationalist and firm supporter of the British Empire. At the time of writing this book, in 1976, he had come to believe that Canada was a lost cause. When everyone else was celebrating Canada's centennial, he was busy writing his own lament for a nation. \u003cem\u003eCanada's First Century\u003c\/em\u003e paints a large and complex canvas of historical rise and fall: a great transcontinental nation is built, but it is eventually undone as Canada turns its back on the British Empire and embraces a continental role alongside the United States. A courageous and contentious book for its day-Creighton is intensely anti-American and highly critical of Quebec nationalism-it was met with criticism, but, as Donald Wright points out, \u003cem\u003eCanada's First Century\u003c\/em\u003e initially outsold \u003cem\u003eEverything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex\u003c\/em\u003e and, for a time, even the Bible. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA beautifully written, in-depth introduction by Donald Wright explores Creighton's larger understanding of Canadian history, his preoccupation with Canada's role in the Empire, and his major contribution to economics and geography as a key feature of history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donald Creighton (Deceased),Donald Wright\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0195449223\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195449228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press Canada\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/30\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.20d","brand":"Donald Creighton (Deceased)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48748318425343,"sku":"9780195449228","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/canadas-first-century-donald-creighton-deceased-9780195449228","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}