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Book SynopsisThe year 1968 in Canada was extraordinary. Leading scholars explore the year’s major events, from the rise of Trudeaumania and the Parti Québécois to the new visions articulated in the Royal Commission on the Status of Women, the CRTC, Medicare, the Indigenous rights movement, CanLit and more.
Trade ReviewIn Canada as in other countries, 1968 was a year like no other. Gathering excellent authors and covering key issues, this volume traces what happened in 1968 while exploring the consequences of that pivotal year. It is a must-read for those interested in the period and its lasting impact.
-- Daniel Béland * Director, McGill Institute for the Study of Canada *
A marvelously rich collection of essays on the Canadian experience of 1968 and a significant contribution to our understanding of that eventful year. Here, a talented group of scholars explore the internal and external forces that shaped Canada in 1968 and bequeathed legacies that have continued to influence Canada.
-- Tony McCulloch * Senior Fellow in North American Studies UCL Institute of the Americas, London, UK *
Table of ContentsAbstract
Résumé
List of Figures and Tables
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Dean F. Oliver.
Introduction
Michael K. Hawes, Andrew C. Holman, and Christopher Kirkey
Chapter 1
Bobby and Pierre
Paul Litt
Chapter 2
A Very Canadian Revolution: The Transformation of Backroom Power in Canada’s 1968
P. E. Bryden
Chapitre 3
1968, vue du Québec
Jocelyn Létourneau
Chapter 4
The Nationalists of 1968 and the Search for Canadian Independence
Stephen Azzi
Chapter 5
Equality, Equity, and the Royal Commission on the Status of Women
Jane Arscott
Chapter 6
The 1968 Thinkers’ Conference and the Birth of Canadian Multiculturalism
Michael Temelini
Chapter 7
Defending Indigenous Rights against the Just Society
Andrew Gemmell
Chapter 8
Between Canadians and Culture: The First Year of the CRTC
Ira Wagman
Chapter 9
Portrait of a Publisher: Jack McClelland and McClelland & Stewart in 1968
Laura K. Davis
Chapter 10
Immigration and “Medical Manpower”: 1968 and the Awkward Introduction of Medicare in Canada
David Wright and Sasha Mullally
Chapter 11
1968: A Turning Point for Language in Canada and Quebec
Graham Fraser
Chapter 12
Standing on Guard for Our Waters: Ottawa’s Response to the Transit of Alaskan Oil
Christopher Kirkey
Chapitre 13
L’Union nationale à la croisée des chemins
Alexandre Turgeon
Chapter 14
Canada and the Czechoslovak Crisis of 1968
Andrea Chandler
Chapter 15
The Libreville Conference and Federalism in Canadian Foreign Relations
Robin S. Gendron and David Edward Tabachnick
Chapter 16
“Flowers have been getting a lot of publicity this year”: 1968 and David Helwig’s “Something for Olivia’s Scrapbook
I Guess”
Will Smith
Contributors
Index in English (Index en anglais)
Index en français (Index in French)
