{"product_id":"1968-in-canada-a-year-and-its-legacies-9780776636603","title":"1968 in Canada: A Year and Its Legacies","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Michael K. Hawes\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Mercury-Mercure\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Mercury-Mercure\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Canada - Post-Confederation (1867-)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe year 1968 in Canada was an extraordinary one, unlike any other in its frenetic pace of activities and their consequences for the development of a new national consciousness among Canadians. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt was a year when decisions and actions, both in Canada and outside its borders, were thick and contentious, and whose effects were momentous and far-reaching. It saw the rise of Trudeaumania and the birth of the Parti Québécois; the articulation of the new nationalism in English Canada and an alternative vision for Indigenous rights and governance; a series of public hearings in the Royal Commission on the Status of Women; the establishment of the Canadian Radio and Television Commission, nation-wide Medicare and CanLit; and a striving for both a new relationship with the United States and a more independent foreign policy everywhere else. And more. Virtually no segment of Canadian life was untouched by both the turmoil and the promise of generational change. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublished in English with chapters in French.","brand":"Mercury-Mercure","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45409613840535,"sku":"9780776636603","price":4165.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780776636603.webp?v=1767917269","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/1968-in-canada-a-year-and-its-legacies-9780776636603","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}