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Time-travel television
This book explores how time travel has been used as a plot device in a number of television shows, including iconic programs like Doctor Who, Heroes, Lost, Quantum Leap, Red Dwarf, and the Star Trek franchise, among others. It is organized into three general themes-Origins, Correcting the Past, and Exploring the Future.
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Scottish Identity and British Loyalty in Early-Nineteenth-Century Montreal
Founded in 1835 under the pressure of political and social unrest, the Saint Andrew’s Society of Montreal was an important community institution that played a vital role in the development and interrelationship of Montreal’s “national” societies. It provided the city’s Scottish community with a stage on which to celebrate its identity and its elite members with a platform from which to promote this celebration within a wider British identity and in pursuit of political goals and ideals. Through its activities, both alone and in conjunction with the Saint Patrick’s, Saint George’s and German Societies, the Saint Andrew’s Society asserted itself
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St. Andrew’s Societies in Canada
Throughout the Diaspora, the Scots have been enthusiastic organizers, forming various types of ethnic or national societies in their places of settlement. These associations were bulwarks in the preservation of identity, culture and class for their group. The creation of St. Andrew’s Societies as with those of Highland, Caledonian and Burns clubs followed specific patterns, and served specific cultural and social needs. With the exception of the early Highland Societies, which were allied with the Highland Society of London, these associations were organized independently of one another and usually remained that way through their existence, although many created and maintained informal links which were stressed at key celebrational events. From the first society founded in Saint John in 1798, St. Andrew’s Societies have been an important part of Scottish associational life in Canada.
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The Importance of Being English: English Ethnic Culture in Montreal, c.1800–1864
‘The British Bow’ by C. SwainHurray! The bow, the British bowThe gallant fine old English bow!Never flashed sword upon the foe,Like arrow from the good yew bow!What knight a solider weapon wields?Thou victor of a thousand fields;Are lances, carbines, thy compeers?No, vouch it, Creedy and Poitiers!With hearts of oak and bows of yew,And shafts that like the lightning low,Old England wore her proudest crown,Nor bolt nor brand might strike it down!Hurrah!Published in 1835, this poem presented, for its Montreal readership, both an English identity and a British one, using the two interchangeably. The imagery is clear: the oak, the yew and the battles are all English, iconic signifiers of a sense of Englishness; but they are also British. In this conflation lies the problem that historians of the English face: how do we define English identity as distinct from British identity? In the Canadian context, but particularly in the province of Quebec, English identity is further problematized because English serves not only as an ethnic identity but also as the language of the conqueror. The division of language between French and English was an important one as it differentiated the old population from the new, the conquered from the conqueror, and complicated intergroup communication. English was not, as in the United States, a language of integration but a group identifier, dividing one group from the other. The division between language groups – French and English – has long since marked tensions in Quebec, not least because English ethnic identity began to disappear in a blend of Britannia and language laws.
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The Importance of Being English
Published in 1835, this poem presented, for its Montreal readership, both an English identity and a British one, using the two interchangeably. The imagery is clear: the oak, the yew and the battles are all English, iconic signifiers of a sense of Englishness; but they are also British. In this conflation lies the problem that historians of the English face: how do we define English identity as distinct from British identity? In the Canadian context, but particularly in the province of Quebec, English identity is further problematized because English serves not only as an ethnic identity but also as the
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Sociétés de Saint André au Canada
Partout dans leur diaspora, les Écossais sont des organisateurs prolifiques, formant divers types de sociétés nationales ou ethniques dans leurs nouveaux lieux de résidence. Ces associations ont joué un rôle crucial dans le maintien de leur identité, de leur culture et de leur statut social. La création des diverses sociétés de Saint André, de même que les clubs des Highlands, des Calédoniens et des Burns, suit les mêmes étapes et répond aux mêmes besoins culturels et sociaux. À l’exception des premières sociétés Highlands, qui étaient alliées à la Société Highland de Londres, ces associations sont organisées indépendamment les unes des autres et conservent généralement cette indépendance au cours de leur existence, même si plusieurs d’entre elles forgent et maintiennent des liens non officiels qui sont réaffirmés lors d’événements festifs importants. Depuis la fondation de la première société, à Saint John en 1798, les sociétés de Saint André sont une partie importante de la vie associative écossaise au Canada.
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Daughters of Empire: A Memoir of a Year in Britain and Beyond
Using her experiences living in Staffordshire, she draws the reader through a series of reflections on her identities as a wife, daughter, mother, Briton and American. The author's dual citizenship (American and British) gave her an advantage beyond a speedy passage through British customs.
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