11. Canada’s Day: Inventing a Tradition, Defining a Culture

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. CELEBRATING CANADA: Volume 1. Holidays, National Days, and the Crafting of Identities 1
5. Introduction: Nationalism, Identity, and Community in Canada’s Holidays 3
6. 1. Claiming the Streets: Negotiating National Identities in Montreal’s Parades, 1840–1880 29
7. 2. “Righteousness Exalteth the Nation”: Religion, Nationalism, and Thanksgiving Day in Ontario, 1859–1914 54
8. 3. The Politics of Holiday Making: Legislating Victoria Day as a Perpetual Holiday in Canada, 1897–1901 83
9. 4. Promoting a “Sound Patriotic Feeling” in Canada through Empire Day, 1899–1957 109
10. 5. “One Flag, One Throne, One Empire”? Espousing and Replacing Empire Day in French Canada, 1899–1952 125
11. 6. Love the Empire, Love Yourself? Empire Day, Immigration, and the Role of Britishness in Anglo-Canadian Identity, 1920–1955 149
12. 7. From Armistice to Remembrance: The Continuing Evolution of Remembrance Day in Canada 171
13. 8. Dominion Day and the Rites of Regionalism in British Columbia, 1867–1937 191
14. 9. Dominion Day in Britain, 1900–1919 220
15. 10. A Chinese Counterpart to Dominion Day: Chinese Humiliation Day in Interwar Canada, 1924–1930 244
16. 11. Canada’s Day: Inventing a Tradition, Defining a Culture 274
17. 12. Dreams of a National Identity: Pierre Trudeau, Citizenship, and Canada Day 306
18. 13. The Redundant “Dominion”: Refitting the National Fabric at Empire’s End 335
19. 14. “Adieu le mouton, salut les Québécois!” The Lévesque Government and Saint- Jean-Baptiste Day/Fête Nationale Celebrations, 1976–1984 356
20. 15. The Rootedness of Acadian Neo-nationalism: The Changing Meaning of le 15 août, 1968–1982 380
21. 16. Marketing the Maple Leaf: The Curious Case of National Flag of Canada Day 405
22. 17. Conclusion 437
23. Appendix – National Days and Holidays 443
24. Contributors 447