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Book SynopsisIn White Civility Daniel Coleman breaks the long silence in Canadian literary and cultural studies around Canadian whiteness and examines its roots as a literary project of early colonials and nation-builders.
Trade Review"'Daniel Coleman's White Civility... illuminates not only English-Canadian literature and history, but also the psychology of the thinkers and shapers of English-Canadian culture and governance.' George Elliott Clarke, The Chronicle Herald, Halifax"
Table of ContentsIllustrations Acknowledgments * White Civility: The Literary Project of English Canada * The Loyalist Brother: Fratricide and Civility in English Canada's Story of Origins * The Enterprising Scottish Orphan: Inventing the Properties of English Canadian Character * The Muscular Christian in Fictions of the Canadian West * The Maturing Colonial Son: Manning the Borders of White Civility * Wry Civility Notes Works Cite Illustration Credits Index
