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Canadians and Their Pasts: The Pasts Collective by Jocelyn Letourneau, Kadriye Ercikan, D. A. Muise, Peter Seixas, Gerald Friesen, Margaret Conrad, David Northrop (Paperback, 2013)

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 t dead. Rather, it reveals that our histories continue to shape the present in many powerful ways.

Author
Margaret Conrad, Gerald Friesen, Peter Seixas, David Northrop, Jocelyn Letourneau, Kadriye Ercikan, D. A. Muise
Format
Trade Paperback (US), Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Regional History
Type
Textbook

Place of Publication
Toronto
Content Note
10 Figures
Author Biography
Margaret Conrad is a professor emerita in the Department of History at the University of New Brunswick.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. Gerald Friesen is Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of History at the University of Manitoba. Jocelyn Letourneau is Canada Research Chair in the History and Political Economy of Contemporary Quebec and a professor in the Department of History at l'Universite Laval. Delphin A. Muise is an emeritus professor in the Department of History at Carleton University.David Northrup is associate director of the Institute for Social Research at York University. Peter Seixas is Canada Research Chair in Historical Consciousness and a professor in the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy at the University of British Columbia.
Date of Publication
10/12/2013
Country of Publication
Canada

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