| Canadians and Their Pasts Contributor(s): Conrad, Margaret (Author), Ercikan, Kadriye (Author), Friesen, Gerald (Author) |
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ISBN: 1442647264 ISBN-13: 9781442647268 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $83.60 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Canada - General - History | United States - General - History | Europe - General |
| Dewey: 971.01 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 9.1" (1.10 lbs) 248 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian - Cultural Region - Australian - Cultural Region - Oceania |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: What role does history play in contemporary society? Has the frenetic pace of today's world led people to lose contact with the past? A high-profile team of researchers from across Canada sought to answer these questions by launching an ambitious investigation into how Canadians engage with history in their everyday lives. The results of their survey form the basis of this eye-opening book. Canadians and Their Pasts reports on the findings of interviews with 3,419 Canadians from a variety of cultural and linguistic communities. Along with yielding rich qualitative data, the surveys generated revealing quantitative data that allows for comparisons based on gender, ethnicity, migration histories, region, age, income, and educational background. The book also brings Canada into international conversation with similar studies undertaken earlier in the United States, Australia, and Europe. Canadians and Their Pasts confirms that, for most Canadians, the past is not dead. Rather, it reveals that our histories continue to shape the present in many powerful ways. |
Contributor Bio(s): Friesen, Gerald: - Gerald Friesen is Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of History at the University of Manitoba. Ercikan, Kadriye: - Kadriye Ercikan is a professor of Measurement, Evaluation, and Research Methodology in the Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology and Special Education at the University of British Columbia. Conrad, Margaret: - Margaret Conrad is professor emerita in the History Department at University of New Brunswick. |