Canada and the United States: Ambivalent Allies - Softcover

John Herd Thompson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0773533982 ISBN 13: 9780773533981

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Unusual book

About this title

From Library Journal:

Two respected historians have purposely broadened their approach to their subject, venturing far beyond a mere history of the foreign relations between the United States and Canada. Woven into the text are the political, economic, social, and cultural forces shaping the various bilateral and multilateral relationships within which both countries operated from 1774 up to the NAFTA trade agreement. Pivotal events that had a strong impact on U.S. and Canadian relations included World Wars I and II, the Cold War, trade and immigration/emigration trends, American cultural hegemony, NATO, and the Vietnam War. Thompson and Randall are facile at injecting humorous anecdotes that should keep the general reader's attention and make for easy reading overall. They are sensitive to Canadian perceptions of being frequently taken for granted and treated more or less like any other country by the United States, but the book avoids any U.S. bashing. Recommended for academic and larger public libraries.
Stephen W. Green, Auraria Lib., Denver
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0773533982
• ISBN 13: 9780773533981
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 464