{"product_id":"canadas-prime-ministers-and-the-raymond-b-blake-9780774869645","title":"Canada's Prime Ministers and the Shaping of a National Identity","description":"\u003cb\u003eInvestigates how Canada crafted a national narrative after World War II. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Since Confederation, Canadian prime ministers have consciously constructed the national story. Each created shared narratives, formulating and reformulating a series of unifying national ideas that served to keep this geographically large, ethnically diverse, and regionalized nation together. This book is about those narratives and stories. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Focusing on the post-Second World War period, Raymond B. Blake shows how, regardless of political stripe, prime ministers worked to build national unity, forge a citizenship based on inclusion, and define a place for Canada in the world. They created for citizens an ideal image of what the nation stood for and the path it should follow. They told a national story of Canada as a modern, progressive, liberal state with a strong commitment to inclusion, a deep respect for diversity and difference, and a fundamental belief in universal rights and freedoms. Ultimately, this innovative history provides readers with a new way to see and understand what Canada is and what holds it together as a nation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Raymond B. Blake\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 077486964X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780774869645\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 02\/19\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 414\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Raymond B. Blake","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47453030285567,"sku":"9780774869645","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cddb3da7-8934-47c9-ba0d-5f6f3a84e561.jpg?v=1761931534","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/canadas-prime-ministers-and-the-raymond-b-blake-9780774869645","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}