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By Lara A. Campbell,Dominique Clement,Gregory S. Kealey

ISBN-10: 1442610786

ISBN-13: 9781442610781

ISBN-10: 1442641649

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Although the Sixties are overwhelmingly linked to pupil radicalism and the recent Left, so much Canadians witnessed the decade’s political, fiscal, and cultural turmoil from a distinct viewpoint. Debating Dissent dispels the myths and stereotypes linked to the Nineteen Sixties via studying what this era’s differences intended to different teams of Canadians – and never basically protestors, adolescence, or the white middle-class.

With severe contributions from new and senior students, Debating Dissent integrates conventional conceptions of the Sixties as a ‘time aside’ in the broader framework of the ‘long-sixties’ and post-1945 Canada, and locations Canada inside of a neighborhood, nationwide, a world context. state of the art essays in social, highbrow, and political historical past mirror quite a number ancient interpretation and discover such varied issues as narcotics, the surroundings, schooling, staff, Aboriginal and Black activism, nationalism, Quebec, girls, and bilingualism. concerning the decade’s greatest matters, from altering cultural norms to the function of the kingdom, Debating Dissent severely examines rules of generational swap and the sixties.

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