Multiculturalism, Jews and Identities in Canada (Canadian Studies Collection) [Paperback] [Jan 01, 1996] Howard Adelman and John Herman Simpson

Howard Adelman & John Simpson

ISBN 10: 9652239208 / ISBN 13: 9789652239204

Published by The Hebrew University Magnes Press, 1996

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Some outer edges have minor scuffs. Cover has light scratches and marks. Book content is in very good readable condition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Multiculturalism, Jews and Identities in Canada (Canadian Studies Collection) [Paperback] [Jan 01, 1996] Howard Adelman and John Herman Simpson
• Publisher: The Hebrew University Magnes Press
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9652239208
• ISBN 13: 9789652239204
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Some have called Canada the first post-modernist society. Canada is widely acclaimed as a multicultural and immigrant experiment. In this lively collection of essays, Canadian scholars provide a wealth of information and analysis on how those abstractions actually operate in practice. The history of immigration to Canada and the legal decisions, legislation and policies that have created Canadian multiculturalism are succinctly presented. Recent constitutional debates and the 1992 federal referendum focusing on Quebec as a "distinct society" are analyzed. In all cases, the significant roles of Jews and Jewish organizations and the impact on them of those critical events in Canadian national life are dissected. These developments have not been without tensions and controversies. Anti-semitism arose in the provocative Show Boat affair.