American Review of Canadian Studies articles from December 2000

American Review of Canadian Studies archives from December 2000

"An unprecedented influx": Nativism and Irish Famine Immigration to Canada.
December 22, 2000... During the dreadful famine summer of 1847, as thousands of indigent Irish streamed from floating "coffin ships" to meet their fate in the cities and countryside of British North America, a growing number of people vociferously expressed fears...

Continuity Strategies among Political Challengers: The Case of Social Credit.
December 22, 2000... The Problem of Continuity Organized groups that challenge the established two-party system through elections may do so by nominating candidates for office or by exacting pledges of support from candidates who run under an existing party...

Beyond Siting: Implementing Voluntary Hazardous Waste Siting Agreements in Canada.
December 22, 2000... Among those concerned with Canadian and American environmental policies, "more democracy" has become a rallying cry. Many analyses of environmental programs and institutions have attributed policy failures to inadequate public engagement and...

The Election Everybody Won? The Impact of Party System Change, Voter Turnout, and Strategic Voting in the 1998 Quebec Election.(Statistical Data Included)
December 22, 2000... Introduction In a rather surprising twist, Quebec's two traditional major provincial parties, the Parti Quebecois (PQ) and the Parti Liberal du Quebec (PLQ), and an upstart third party, the Action Democratique du Quebec (ADQ), could all...

Comparing Neighbors: Social Service Provision by Religious Congregations in Ontario and the United States.(Statistical Data Included)
December 22, 2000... Introduction Although religious congregations in the United States constitute a significant part of the nation's social safety net (Cnaan, Boddie, and Wineburg 1999), questions still remain: are religious congregations in the United States...

Review Essay: Ranting the Gagged Nation.(Review)
December 22, 2000... Daniel Turp. La Nation baillonnee: le plan B ou l' offensive d'Ottawa contre le Quebec. Montreal: VLB editeur, 2000. 217 pp. Just days before Jean Chretien announced federal elections last 24 October, Daniel Turp's La Nation baillonnee (The...

Le monde enchaine.(Review)
December 22, 2000... Michel Freitag and Eric Pineault, eds. Le monde enchaine. Quebec: Nota bene, 1999. 331 pages. This is a remarkable but lacking book, one that comes very close to making a unique contribution to the critical analysis of globalization....

Nature and the English Diaspora: Environment and History in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.(Review)
December 22, 2000... Thomas R. Dunlap. Nature and the English Diaspora: Environment and History in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. xv + 350 pp. $59.95 cloth, $19.95 paper. This is a remarkable...

Women's Organizing and Public Policy in Canada and Sweden.(Review)
December 22, 2000... Linda Briskin and Mona Eliasson, eds. Women's Organizing and Public Policy in Canada and Sweden. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1999. xxi + 384 pp. How do we account for the similarities and differences in women's...

Social Discredit: Anti-Semitism, Social Credit, and the Jewish Response.(Review)
December 22, 2000... Janine Stingel. Social Discredit: Anti-Semitism, Social Credit, and the Jewish Response. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2000. xv + 280 pp. $39.95 cloth. Exhibit A in the Canadian West's display case of populist...

Dilemmas in Defence Decision-Making: Constructing Canada's Role in NORAD, 1958-96.(Review)
December 22, 2000... Nelson Michaud Ann Denholm Crosby. Dilemmas in Defence Decision-Making: Constructing Canada's Role in NORAD, 1958-96. London: Macmillan, 1998. 253 pp. Canadian defense policies are sometimes perceived as mere echoes of desideratos...

Canada and the United States: Differences That Count.(Review)
December 22, 2000... David M. Thomas, ed. Canada and the United States: Differences That Count. 2nd edition. Peterborough: Broadview Press, 2000. 400 pp. $25.00 paper. The long-awaited second edition of this book has just appeared. For those of us who teach...

Winisk: A Cree Indian Settlement on Hudson Bay.(Review)
December 22, 2000... Vita Rordam. Winisk: A Cree Indian Settlement on Hudson Bay. Ottawa: Borealis Press, 1998. xvi + 383 pp. $41.95 cloth, $24.95 paper. As a chronicle of a white woman's sojourn in the Canadian North, Winisk: A Cree Indian Settlement on Hudson...

Un/Covering the North: News, Media, and Aboriginal People.(Review)
December 22, 2000... Valerie Alia. Un/Covering the North: News, Media, and Aboriginal People. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1999. xxiv + 222 pp. $70.00 cloth, $27.95 paper. Drawing extensively on personal interviews, field research, and...

Aboriginal Rights and Self-Government.(Review)
December 22, 2000... Curtis Cook and Juan D. Lindau, eds. Aboriginal Rights and Self-Government. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2000. vi + 314 pp. $60.00 cloth. Aboriginal rights and self-government are not new concepts in Canada and...

Rebuilding Canadian Party Politics.(Review)
December 22, 2000... R. Kenneth Carty, William Cross, and Lisa Young. Rebuilding Canadian Party Politics. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2000. x + 265 pp. $85.00 cloth In democratic societies, party systems have traditionally provided the...

Making It Home: Place in Canadian Prairie Literature.(Review)
December 22, 2000... Deborah Keahey. Making It Home: Place in Canadian Prairie Literature. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 1998. xiv + 178 pp. $19.95 paper. Charlene Porsild. Gamblers and Dreamers: Women, Men, and Community in the Klondike. Vancouver:...