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Review Article T H E CANADIAN POLITICAL NATIONALITY. By Donald V. Smiley. Toronto and London, Mcthuen, 1967. Pp. xv 142. $Canadian 5.40. PUBLIC OPINION AND CANADIAN IDENTITY. By Mildred A. Schwartz (Foreword b y Seymour Martin Lipset). Berkeley and Los Angeles, University of California Press, 1967. Pp. xvii 263. 71/6 Stg. In cclebration of C,anada’s centennial the academic mills have produced a vast number of studies of the Canadian social and political ethos. More will follow. These three vary in depth and in approach. The first is by historians, is easily read, tells us one simple story, and illustrates it profusely from primary sources. The second is by a professor of politics who has suggestions to offer for the improvement, he hopes, of the nation’s political performance. The third is by a sociologist, Canadian by birth but teaching in the United States. Her purpose is to discover from twenty years of Gallup polls, what Canadians think they are, hoiv this view of themselves differs from one ethnic community in Canada to another, and hoiv (if a t all) the political partics help to reconcile divergent views of the Canadian identity. National identity is the theme of all three books, and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian Journal of Politics and History Wiley

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
Copyright © 1968 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
ISSN
0004-9522
eISSN
1467-8497
DOI
10.1111/j.1467-8497.1968.tb00717.x
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T H E CANADIAN POLITICAL NATIONALITY. By Donald V. Smiley. Toronto and London, Mcthuen, 1967. Pp. xv 142. $Canadian 5.40. PUBLIC OPINION AND CANADIAN IDENTITY. By Mildred A. Schwartz (Foreword b y Seymour Martin Lipset). Berkeley and Los Angeles, University of California Press, 1967. Pp. xvii 263. 71/6 Stg. In cclebration of C,anada’s centennial the academic mills have produced a vast number of studies of the Canadian social and political ethos. More will follow. These three vary in depth and in approach. The first is by historians, is easily read, tells us one simple story, and illustrates it profusely from primary sources. The second is by a professor of politics who has suggestions to offer for the improvement, he hopes, of the nation’s political performance. The third is by a sociologist, Canadian by birth but teaching in the United States. Her purpose is to discover from twenty years of Gallup polls, what Canadians think they are, hoiv this view of themselves differs from one ethnic community in Canada to another, and hoiv (if a t all) the political partics help to reconcile divergent views of the Canadian identity. National identity is the theme of all three books, and

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Australian Journal of Politics and HistoryWiley

Published: Dec 1, 1968

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