Book details

Publication date: August 2022
Features: Index
Keywords: Canadian politics; Quebec Referendum; October Crisis; Team Canada; Hockey; Canadian Constitution; Multiculturalism Act; Egan; gay marriage; same sex marriage; TRC; Viola Desmond; The Tragically Hip; Gord Downie; concise; events; significant dates
Subject(s): HISTORY / Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-), History, History / Canadian History, Creative Writing, Creative Writing / Literary Nonfiction, Political Science, Political Science / Canadian Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Canadian, HISTORY / Social History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Canadian Studies, Social and cultural history, History of the Americas, Regional / International studies, Society and culture: general, Canada, Religion and politics, Canadian History, Canadian Studies, Canadian History, Canadian politics; Quebec Referendum; October Crisis; Team Canada; Hockey; Canadian Constitution; Multiculturalism Act; Egan; gay marriage; same sex marriage; TRC; Viola Desmond; The Tragically Hip; Gord Downie; concise; events; significant dates, History
Publisher(s): The University of Alberta Press

Aaron W. Hughes. Aaron W. Hughes is a Canadian scholar of Religion at the University of Rochester where he is the Dean’s Professor of the Humanities, in addition to being the Philip S. Bernstein Professor of Religious Studies.

"10 Days is quirky and compelling. It is excellent book club material. It is a good way to start a fight." Holly Doan, Blacklock's Reporter, September 3, 2022 [full review at https://www.blacklocks.ca/review-memories]


"Hughes does not pick his days at random. These are hinge points in the making of a modern state…. 10 Days That Shaped Modern Canada tells several striking stories. A very readable book, it offers some new and exciting interpretations of a number of old themes and topics. Not every reader will agree with the author’s point of view or his choice of days. But this is part of the volume’s charm.… the days highlighted by Aaron W. Hughes illustrate that in order to understand who we are as a national community, it is essential to be aware of where we came from.” Matthew J. Bellamy, Literary Review of Canada, January/February 2023

"Ten days that prove there's nothing boring about Canada's modern-day history. It's all here from hockey to rock, from murder to reconciliation, from patriation to referendum. Yes, we're a complicated country but Aaron Hughes cuts through the confusion with clarity." Peter Mansbridge


“10 Days That Shaped Modern Canada seizes on granular details in order to grasp grounded truths about the universal from the standpoint of the humble and particular. Aaron Hughes invites readers to think about the forces that made the Canada that we live in.” Anne Trépanier, Associate Professor, Carleton University

Introduction
1 | October 13, 1970
“Just Watch Me”
2 | September 28, 1972
Team Canada’s Most Famous Goal
3 | April 17, 1982
Patriation of the Constitution
4 | July 21, 1988
Multiculturalism Act
5 | December 6, 1989
École Polytechnique Massacre
6 | May 25, 1995
Egan v. Canada
7 | October 30, 1995
Quebec Referendum
8 | June 2, 2015
Release of the Executive Summary of the
Truth and Reconciliation Commission
9 | August 20, 2016
The Tragically Hip’s Final Concert
10 | March 8, 2018
A New Ten-Dollar Bill
Acknowledgements
Notes
Index
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