{"product_id":"canadas-first-century-9780195449228","title":"Canada's First Century","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Donald Creighton (Deceased) | Donald Wright\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Oxford University Press Canada\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press Canada\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Canada - Post-Confederation (1867-)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAward-winning author Donald Creighton was a Red Ensign nationalist and firm supporter of the British Empire. At the time of writing this book, in 1976, he had come to believe that Canada was a lost cause. When everyone else was celebrating Canada's centennial, he was busy writing his own lament for a nation. \u003cem\u003eCanada's First Century\u003c\/em\u003e paints a large and complex canvas of historical rise and fall: a great transcontinental nation is built, but it is eventually undone as Canada turns its back on the British Empire and embraces a continental role alongside the United States. A courageous and contentious book for its day-Creighton is intensely anti-American and highly critical of Quebec nationalism-it was met with criticism, but, as Donald Wright points out, \u003cem\u003eCanada's First Century\u003c\/em\u003e initially outsold \u003cem\u003eEverything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex\u003c\/em\u003e and, for a time, even the Bible. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA beautifully written, in-depth introduction by Donald Wright explores Creighton's larger understanding of Canadian history, his preoccupation with Canada's role in the Empire, and his major contribution to economics and geography as a key feature of history.","brand":"Oxford University Press Canada","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47969635270807,"sku":"9780195449228","price":1861.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780195449228.webp?v=1782922966","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/canadas-first-century-9780195449228","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}