Fearful symmetry
the fall and rise of Canada's founding values
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Word Count
89,750 words, Guess
Page Count
359 pages
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- Internet Archivefearfulsymmetryr00crow
- ISBN-139781554701889
- ISBN-101554701880
- Library of Congress Control Number2009529455
- OCLC Control Number317353199
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- Open LibraryOL24079256M
Classifications
- LCCHV108 .C765 2009
- LCCHC115 .C765 2009
Description
"Two forces have shaped Canada profoundly in the last fifty years: the entry of Boomers into the workforce and the rise of a separatist Quebec nationalism. Large-scale unemployment plus the threat of the breakup of the country caused Canada to jettison its traditional values--a ferocious work ethic, a commitment to the family as the most important social institution, a suspicion of overweening government, and an aversion to dependence--in favour of a vast expansion of the welfare state. We rapidly became a nation of "takers" rather than the "makers" we had always been. But the tide is about to turn with a vengeance: the Boomers are retiring and Quebec nationalism is increasingly a spent force, presaging a resurgence of our founders' values that had served us so well"--From publisher's description.
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