"Culture and Nationality is a unique collection of essays reflecting the wide-ranging interests of one of Canada's most original scholars. A. G. Bailey. Essays on problems of culture contact in North American anthropology are combined with studies of the interplay between politics and economics in the history of the Maritime provinces. A third group of essays treats the subject of literary history both in the Maritimes and in mid-nineteenth century Ontario. Throughout the essays provide new and unexpected insights into Canadian culture and society. The product of a sensitive mind, the essays are written with a lucidity that is seldom encountered in contemporary scholarly writing."--Publisher.
"Culture and Nationality is a unique collection of essays reflecting the wide-ranging interests of one of Canada's most original scholars. A. G. Bailey. Essays on problems of culture contact in North American anthropology are combined with studies of the interplay between politics and economics i...