{"product_id":"rethinking-the-great-white-north-9780774820141","title":"Rethinking the Great White North","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Paul Heiney\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of British Columbia Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of British Columbia Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Canada - Post-Confederation (1867-)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCanadian national identity is bound to the idea of a Great White North. Images of snow, wilderness, and emptiness seem innocent, yet this path-breaking book reveals they contain the seeds of racism. Informed by the insight that racism is geographical as well as historical and cultural, the contributors trace how notions of race, whiteness, and nature helped construct a white country in travel writing and treaty making; in scientific research and park planning; and in towns, cities, and tourist centres. \u003ci\u003eRethinking the Great White North\u003c\/i\u003e offers a new vocabulary for contemporary debates on Canada's role in the North and the meaning of the nation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45608215511191,"sku":"9780774820141","price":2118.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780774820141.webp?v=1769293977","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/rethinking-the-great-white-north-9780774820141","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}