Towards a Transnational Political History of North America: The View from Canada

This article voices three “heresies” against the nationalist, centralist, and anti-American biases of traditional political history in English Canada, in hopes of opening the way to a more transnational understanding of the Canadian and North American past: Canada’s history is an American history, i...

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Autor principal:	Robert MacDougall
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Lenguaje:	EN FR PT
Publicado:	Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains 2010
Materias:	Canada National identity North America Political history Anthropology GN1-890 Latin America. Spanish America F1201-3799
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/b27a7af41644494f8207e0e3b69cc6c3
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:b27a7af41644494f8207e0e3b69cc6c32021-12-02T10:30:37ZTowards a Transnational Political History of North America: The View from Canada1626-025210.4000/nuevomundo.59404https://doaj.org/article/b27a7af41644494f8207e0e3b69cc6c32010-03-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/59404https://doaj.org/toc/1626-0252This article voices three “heresies” against the nationalist, centralist, and anti-American biases of traditional political history in English Canada, in hopes of opening the way to a more transnational understanding of the Canadian and North American past: Canada’s history is an American history, in constant dialogue with the history of the United States; Canada’s Confederation in 1867 was not an an act of national unification, but a compact between autonomous regions, as French-Canadian historians have long maintained; Canadian federalism is not failing, and in fact represents a remarkably flexible and successful form of government, well suited to Canada’s geography and cultural diversity. Only by rejecting the “narcissism of small differences” and the “solipsism of American exceptionalism” can we foster a truly transnational North American history.Robert MacDougallCentre de Recherches sur les Mondes AméricainsarticleCanadaNational identityNorth AmericaPolitical historyAnthropologyGN1-890Latin America. Spanish AmericaF1201-3799ENFRPTNuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos (2010)
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spellingShingle	Canada National identity North America Political history Anthropology GN1-890 Latin America. Spanish America F1201-3799 Robert MacDougall Towards a Transnational Political History of North America: The View from Canada
description	This article voices three “heresies” against the nationalist, centralist, and anti-American biases of traditional political history in English Canada, in hopes of opening the way to a more transnational understanding of the Canadian and North American past: Canada’s history is an American history, in constant dialogue with the history of the United States; Canada’s Confederation in 1867 was not an an act of national unification, but a compact between autonomous regions, as French-Canadian historians have long maintained; Canadian federalism is not failing, and in fact represents a remarkably flexible and successful form of government, well suited to Canada’s geography and cultural diversity. Only by rejecting the “narcissism of small differences” and the “solipsism of American exceptionalism” can we foster a truly transnational North American history.
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title	Towards a Transnational Political History of North America: The View from Canada
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Towards a Transnational Political History of North America: The View from Canada

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