American Review of Canadian Studies articles from March 2002

American Review of Canadian Studies archives from March 2002

Hello, farewell, and some last ruminations.(Mark J. Kasoff takes over as editor)(Editorial)
March 22, 2002... By now, most regular readers will have heard that Mark J. Kasoff, Professor of Economics and Director of Canadian Studies at Bowling Green State University, has been appointed Editor, The American Review of Canadian Studies. He began his work...

Here's where we get Canadian: English-Canadian nationalism and popular culture.
March 22, 2002... You don't love Canada," wrote Robertson Davies. "You are part of Canada, and that's that." (1) These words carry the weight of received wisdom. Canadians are habitually portrayed as diffident about their country and unassertive in their...

Comments on "here's where we get Canadian: English-Canadian nationalism and popular culture".(response to Molson Breweries of Canada Ltd.'s "I am Canadian" advertisement)
March 22, 2002... Editor's Note: Here follows the text of Professor Brooks' formerly anonymous reading of the first submitted version of the previous essay--along with a reply from its authors. I thought readers would enjoy and value the exchange. R.T. How...

Reply to Stephen Brooks.(Canadian nationalism)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... We would like to thank Professor Stephen Brooks for his insightful and considered reading of our paper. He has correctly identified the gist of our argument which, in its simplest form, is that Canadian nationalism is much louder and more...

Selling patriotism / selling beer: the case of the "I am Canadian!" Commercial.
March 22, 2002... In the spring of 1999, Molson Brewery fired its advertising agency and ended a forty-year relationship. That fall, they then hired the multinational agency Bensimon Byrne and D'Arcy with a view to improving Molson's market position. This agency...

Algonquin revisited: biography to hagiography to label.
March 22, 2002... The more we know of its peculiar history, the more one realizes that wilderness is not quite what it seems.... It is not a pristine sanctuary.... Instead, it is a product of that civilization, and could hardly be contaminated by the stuff of...

The Manitoba Royal Commission on Flood Cost Benefit and the origins of cost-benefit analysis in Canada.
March 22, 2002... The importance of the royal commission for Canadian policy development has long been recognized. (1) Canadian political scientists since the 1960s have emphasized the role of the royal commission in federal policymaking, while the scanty...

Technical Standards and the integration of the U.S. and Canadian economies.
March 22, 2002... Introduction A March 1943 editorial in the Quarterly Bulletin of the Canadian Engineering Standards Association (CESA) noted the role being played by technical standards in the growing U.S. trade hegemony in Central and South America. (1)...

"My own life will never be enough for me": Carol Shields as biographer. (Review Essay).(Jane Austen by Carol Shields)
March 22, 2002... Carol Shields. Jane Austen. London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 2001. 154 pp. [pounds sterling]12.99 cloth. My debt to Jane Austen herself is incalculable," writes Carol Shields on the last page of her new biography of Austen (154). The...

Considering Canadian Philosophy. (Review Essay).(Is There a Canadian Philosophy? by G. B. Madison, Paul Fairfield, and Ingrid Harris)
March 22, 2002... G. B. Madison, Paul Fairfield, and Ingrid Harris. Is There a Canadian Philosophy? Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, 2000. vii + 218 pp. $28.00 paper. What does it mean to ask the question, "Is there a Canadian Philosophy?" Does it mean...

Culture. (Book Reviews).("Languages in Conflict: The Canadian Experience")
March 22, 2002... Richard J. Joy. Languages in Conflict: The Canadian Experience. Ottawa: Self-published, 1967. Reprinted by McClelland and Stewart, 1972. vi + 162 pp. $5.95 paper (Currently available from McGill-Queen's University Press). Canada's vast...

Economics. (Book Reviews).("Free Trade: Risks and Rewards")
March 22, 2002... L. Ian MacDonald, ed. Free Trade: Risks and Rewards. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2000. xvii + 280 pp. $60 cloth, $22.95 paper. This edited volume is the outgrowth of a conference held in Montreal on 4-5 June...

Gender Studies. (Book Reviews).(Temporary Work: The Gendered Rise of a Precarious Employment Relationship by Leah F. Vosko)
March 22, 2002... Leah F. Vosko. Temporary Work: The Gendered Rise of a Precarious Employment Relationship. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2000. xiv + 380 pp. $65.00 cloth, $27.95 paper. Temporary Work has a wonderfully exciting bright pink cover and...

International Relations. (Book Reviews).(Canada's Early Nuclear Policy: Fate, Chance and Character by Brian Buckley)
March 22, 2002... Brian Buckley. Canada's Early Nuclear Policy: Fate, Chance and Character. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2000. viii + 172 pp. Canadians, especially Canadian government officials, generally have liked to play down,...

Literary Studies. (Book Reviews).(Marian Engel's Notebooks: "Ah, mon cahier, ecoute ...." by Verduyn Christl)
March 22, 2002... Verduyn, Christl, ed. Marian Engel's Notebooks: "Ah, mon cahier, ecoute...." Waterloo: Wilfred Laurier University Press, 1999. viii + 576 pp. $54.95 cloth, $28.95 paper. "We all chose to be writers & therefore NOT traditional women"...

Politics and Government. (Book Reviews).(The Politics of Nationalism in Canada: Cultural Conflict since 1760. by David Chennells)
March 22, 2002... David Chennells. The Politics of Nationalism in Canada: Cultural Conflict since 1760. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2001. 384 pp. $75.00 cloth. The study of nationalism is an immense and burgeoning field, and has been hugely...

Religious Studies. (Book Reviews).(Religion and Public Life in Canada: Historical and Comparative Perspectives by Marguerite Van Die)
March 22, 2002... Marguerite Van Die, ed. Religion and Public Life in Canada: Historical and Comparative Perspectives. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2001. xv + 385 pp. $50.00 cloth, $24.95 paper. Readers of scholarly anthologies will appreciate...

Books Received.(Canadian studies)(Bibliography)
March 22, 2002... All the volumes listed below have been received as candidates for review in these pages. Should one or more titles catch your fancy--so much so that you would like to review it yourself--do let one of the editors know. We would be most happy to...