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Author Reid, Jennifer, 1962-

Title Louis Riel and the creation of modern Canada : mythic discourse and the postcolonial state / Jennifer Reid
Published Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 314 pages) : maps
Series Religions of the Americas
Religions of the Americas
Contents 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
Notes Print version record
Subject Riel, Louis, 1844-1885.
SUBJECT Riel, Louis, 1844-1885 fast
Subject Red River Resistance, Man., 1869-1870
Northwest Resistance, Canada, 1885
Métis -- Northwest, Canadian -- History -- 19th century
National characteristics, Canadian.
Nationalism -- Canada
Postcolonialism -- Canada
Canadians.
HISTORY.
Canadians
Métis
National characteristics, Canadian
Nationalism
Politics and government
Postcolonialism
SUBJECT Canada -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85019309
Canada -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85019334
Canada -- Folklore
Subject Canada
Canada -- Canadian Northwest
Genre/Form Electronic books
Folklore
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780826344175
0826344178
0826344151
9780826344151
1283636727
9781283636728
6613949183
9786613949189