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Book SynopsisIn Celebrating Canada, Matthew Hayday and Raymond Blake situate Canada in an international context as they examine the history and evolution of our national and provincial holidays and annual celebrations.
Trade Review"[Celebrating Canada’s] sixteen chapters provide much food for thought; the editors develop interesting themes, and the book as a whole offers a pretty thorough accounting of Canada’s national days." -- Richard White * The Canadian Historical Review Vol 99:2: June 2018 *
"This is a book that warrants careful (but cautious) reading for those interested in the crafting of the Canadian national identity." -- Phillip Buckner, University of New Brunswick * British Journal of Canadian Studies, vol 30 no 2 *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: Nationalism, Identity, and Community in Canada's Holidays Matthew Hayday & Raymond B. Blake 1. Taking it to the Streets: Negotiating National Identities in Montreal's Parades, 1840-1880 Gillian I. Leitch 2. "Righteousness Exalteth the Nation": Religion, Nationalism, and Thanksgiving Day in Ontario, 1859-1914 Peter A. Stevens 3. The Politics of Holiday-making: Legislating Victoria Day as a Perpetual Holiday in Canada, 1897-1901 Chris Tait 4. Promoting a "Sound Patriotic Feeling" in Canada through Empire Day, 1899-1957 Marcel Martel, Allison Ward, Joel Belliveau & Brittney Anne Bos 5. "One Flag, One Throne, One Empire?" Espousing and Replacing Empire Day in French Canada, 1899-1952 Joel Belliveau & Marcel Martel 6. Love the Empire, Love Yourself? Empire Day, Immigration, and the Role of Britishness in Anglo---Canadian Identity, 1920-1955 Brittney Anne Bos & Allison Marie Ward 7. From Armistice to Remembrance: The Continuing Evolution of Remembrance Day in Canada Teresa Iacobelli 8. Dominion Day and the Rites of Regionalism in British Columbia, 1867-1937 Forrest D. Pass 9. Dominion Day in Britain, 1900-1919 Mike Benbough-Jackson 10. A Chinese Counterpart to Dominion Day: Chinese Humiliation Day in Interwar Canada (1924-1930) Lianbi Zhu & Timothy Baycroft 11. Canada's Day: Inventing a Tradition, Defining a Culture Matthew Hayday 12. Dreams of a National Identity: Trudeau, Citizenship and Canada Day Raymond B. Blake & Bailey Antonishyn 13. The Redundant "Dominion": Refitting The National Fabric At Empire's End Stuart Ward 14. "Adieu le mouton, salut les Qu b cois!": The L vesque government and Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day Celebrations, 1976-1984 Marc-Andr Gagnon 15. The Rootedness of Acadian Neo-nationalism: The Changing Meaning of le 15 ao t, 1968-1982 Michael Poplyansky 16. Marketing the Maple Leaf: The Curious Case of National Flag of Canada Day Richard Nimijean & L. Pauline Rankin 17. Conclusion Matthew Hayday & Raymond B. Blake Appendix: National Days and Holidays Contributors
