Main entry:

Saul, John Ralston, 1947-

Title & Author:

A fair country : telling truths about Canada / John Ralston Saul.

Publication:

Toronto : Viking Canada, 2008.

Description:

xii, 340 pages ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
The power of a story -- -- pt. I.A Métis civilization -- 1. What shaped us -- 2. Marrying up -- 3. Double denial -- 4. Why we stumble -- 5. Learning to see ourselves -- 6. Progress -- 7. Learning to imagine ourselves -- 8. The minimal impairment of the environment -- 9. Minimal impairment on the battlefield -- 10. Within an ever-enlarging circle -- -- pt. II. Peace, fairness and good government -- 11. One word -- 12. Colonial fairness -- 13. Imagining a fair country -- 14. Order and fear, fear and order -- 15. The eddy line of fairness -- -- pt. III. The castrati -- 16. The nature of an elite -- 17. Signs of failure -- 18. What does all of this mean? -- 19. How did they come to be this way? -- 20. The colonial mind -- 21. Two colonial tales -- 22. The roots of failure -- -- pt. IV. An intentional civilization -- 23. From perception to action -- 24. The North -- 25. A circle of fairness.

Summary:

Saul argues passionately that Canada is a Métis nation heavily influenced and shaped by Aboriginal ideas.

ISBN:

9780670068043 (bound)
0670068047

Subject:

National characteristics, Canadian.
Elite (Social sciences) Canada.
Equality Canada.
Indigenous peoples Canada Politics and government.
Canadiens.
Peuples autochtones Canada Politique et gouvernement.
Élite (Sciences sociales) Canada.
Égalité (Sociologie) Canada.
Indigenous peoples Politics and government
Elite (Social sciences)
Equality
Politics and government
Social conditions
Identität
Ursprungsbefolkningar politisk verksamhet Kanada.
Jämställdhet Kanada.
Canada Social conditions.
Canada Politics and government.
Canada Conditions sociales.
Canada Politique et gouvernement.
Canada
Kanada
Kanada sociala förhållanden.
Kanada politik och förvaltning.

Form/genre:

Annotations.
Inscriptions.

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 286045
Call No.: BIB 226132
Status: Available