American Review of Canadian Studies articles from December 2007

American Review of Canadian Studies archives from December 2007

Hunting for hydrocarbons: representations of indigeneity in reporting on the new Mackenzie Valley gas pipeline.
December 22, 2007... Energy production is, without doubt, a subject of enormous economic importance and public interest in North America. Consequently, energy topics are widely reported in American and Canadian news media. This article provides a comparison and...

The Gray Lecture and Canadian citizenship in history.(Canadian foreign relations)
December 22, 2007... This is, I think, very good stuff indeed--if the minister doesn't use it, I would like to put in a bid for it. (1) "The Foundations of Canadian Policy in World Affairs," the 13 January 1947 public lecture by Canada's new secretary of...

Shades of Gray? "The Foundations of Canadian Policy in World Affairs" in context.(Louis St. Laurent's speech)
December 22, 2007... Sixty years ago, Louis St. Laurent, then secretary of state for external affairs, delivered one of the most famous speeches on Canada's foreign policy: it was the first address by a Canadian foreign minister to outline the principles upon which...

The limits of national policy: integrating regional development into the federal agenda.
December 22, 2007... In a country the size of Canada, with its uneven distribution of population, resources, and fiscal capacity, programs designed to ameliorate regional inequalities take on a particularly important role. Since at least Confederation, and in many...

Canada's (in)dependence in the North American security community: the asymmetrical norm of common fate.
December 22, 2007... How does Canada succeed in resisting American pressures in North America? This question has been asked repeatedly throughout Canadian history, with no end in sight for the interrogation, especially during times, such as the past couple of...

Northern enigma: American images of Canada.
December 22, 2007... The crashing of planes into the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., on September 11, 2001, altered instantly American thinking about itself and other states in the world. Gone was the view that the United...

Canada: A Nation of Regions.(Book review)
December 22, 2007... Brett McGillivray. Canada: A Nation of Regions. Don Mills, Ontario: Oxford University Press. xiii + 386pp. $64.95 paper. Brett McGillivray's Canada: A Nation of Regions is a welcome addition to the limited ranks of Canadian geography texts,...

Political Leadership and Representation in Canada: Essays in Honour of John C. Courtney.(Book review)
December 22, 2007... Hans J. Michelmann, Donald C. Story, and Jeffrey S. Steeves, eds. Political Leadership and Representation in Canada: Essays in Honour of John C. Courtney. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007. xii + 219 pp. $55.00 cloth. John C....

The Canadian Short Story: Interpretations.(Book review)
December 22, 2007... Rcingard M. Nischik, ed. The Canadian Short Story: Interpretations. Rochester, New York: Camden House (European Studies in American Literature and Culture), 2007. x + 426 pp. $75.00 cloth. Compared to the critical attention devoted to the...

Attitudinal Decision Making in the Supreme Court of Canada.(Book review)
December 22, 2007... C. L. Ostberg and Matthew E. Wetstein. Attitudinal Decision Making in the Supreme Court of Canada. Vancouver & Toronto: UBC Press, 2007. xvi + 266 pp. $85.00 cloth. Whenever I see a study of the Supreme Court of Canada by American...

Angus L. Macdonald: A Provincial Liberal.(Book review)
December 22, 2007... T. Stephen Henderson. Angus L. Macdonald: A Provincial Liberal. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007. 216 pp. $75.00 cloth, $35.00 paper. T. Stephen Henderson's treatment of the life of Angus L. Macdonald demonstrates a key premise...

Singing the Blues: The Conservatives in Saskatchewan.(Book review)
December 22, 2007... Dick Spencer. Singing the Blues: The Conservatives in Saskatchewan. Regina: Canadian Plains Research Center, 2007. 259 pp. $24.95 paper. Singing the Blues recalls the history of the Saskatchewan Progressive Conservative Party. Spencer tells...

Alice Munro: An Annotated Bibliography of Works and Criticism.(Book review)
December 22, 2007... Carol Mazur and Cathy Moulder. Alice Munro: An Annotated Bibliography of Works and Criticism. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 2007. xiv + 457 pp. $75.00 cloth. As bibliographers Carol Mazur and Cathy Moulder note, one of the precursors to this...

Books received.
December 22, 2007... The American Review of Canadian Studies has received the following books for review. If you are interested in reviewing one of them for publication in these pages, contact us at arcs@wwu.edu. If the book in question has not already been spoken...