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Author Reid, Jennifer, 1962-

Title Louis Riel and the creation of modern Canada : mythic discourse and the postcolonial state / Jennifer Reid.

Publication Info. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2008.

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 314 pages) : maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Religions of the Americas
Religions of the Americas.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-309) and index.
Contents 1: Setting the Stage: The North-West to 1885 -- 2: Canadian Myths and Canadian Identity -- 3: Nation-States and National Discourses -- 4: Violence and State Creation -- 5: Revolution, Identity, and Canada -- 6: Riel and the Canadian State -- 7: Heterogeneity and the Postcolonial State.
Summary Reid offers a look at the religious background of Louis Riel who was hung for his role in fomenting revolutions in the Canadian North-West Territory but has now become a national hero.
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Subject Riel, Louis, 1844-1885.
Riel, Louis, 1844-1885.
Riel, Louis, 1844-1885.
Red River Rebellion (1869-1870)
Riel Rebellion (1885)
Red River Resistance, Man., 1869-1870.
Northwest Resistance, Canada, 1885.
Métis -- Northwest, Canadian -- History -- 19th century.
Métis.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject National characteristics, Canadian.
National characteristics, Canadian.
Canada -- History.
Canada.
Canada -- Politics and government.
Politics and government.
Nationalism -- Canada.
Nationalism.
Postcolonialism -- Canada.
Postcolonialism.
Canada -- Folklore.
Genre/Form Folklore.
Chronological Term 1800 - 1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Reid, Jennifer, 1962- Louis Riel and the creation of modern Canada. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2008 9780826344151 0826344151 (DLC) 2008017952 (OCoLC)226389321
ISBN 9780826344175 (electronic book)
0826344178 (electronic book)
0826344151 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9780826344151 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
1283636727
9781283636728
6613949183
9786613949189
9780826344151 (cloth ; alkaline paper)