1: Setting the Stage: The North-West to 1885 -- 2: Canadian Myths and Canadian Identity -- 3: Nation-States and National Discourses -- 4: Violence and State Creation -- 5: Revolution, Identity, and Canada -- 6: Riel and the Canadian State -- 7: Heterogeneity and the Postcolonial State
Summary
Reid offers a look at the religious background of Louis Riel who was hung for his role in fomenting revolutions in the Canadian North-West Territory but has now become a national hero
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-309) and index