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Your country, my country : a unified history of the United States and Canada

Bothwell, Robert

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\"Canada: land of hockey, terrible weather, unfailing politeness-and little else, as far as many Americans are aware. For Canadians, the United States is seen as a land of unparalleled opportunity and unparalleled failure, a country of heights and abysses. The straitlaced country in the north could hardly have much to tell about its powerhouse of a neighbor to the south, eh? Not so, according to historian Robert Bothwell. In this witty and accessible book, Bothwell argues that the shared history of the United States and Canada reveals more about each country than most would suspect. Your Country, My Country takes readers back to the seventeenth century, when a shared British colonial heritage set the two lands on paths that would remain intertwined to the present day. Tracing Canadian-American relations, shared values, and differences through the centuries, Bothwell suggests that Americans are neither unique nor exceptional, in terms of both their good characteristics and their bad ones. He brings this contention down to the present day by examining Canadian and American differences over such questions as universal health care in domestic policy and the Iraq war in foreign policy. What happens in Canada often reflects what has happened in the United States, but by the same token, what happens in Canada signals what could happen in its American neighbor. From whatever direction, this innovative volume contends, Canada's story illuminates America's-and vice-versa\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Subject: National characteristics, Canadian. / National characteristics, American. / HISTORY / Canada / General. / HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies). / Canada History. / United States History. / North America History. / Canada Relations United States. / United States Relations Canada.
• ISBN: 9780195448801, 0195448804

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
F1029.5.U6 B68 2015	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE