Canada : our century : 100 voices, 500 visions

Kingwell, Mark 1963- (author., Author). Moore, Christopher, 1950- (author., Added Author). Borins, Sara, (researcher, illustrator., Added Author, Added Author).

Summary: A remarkable, beautifully designed photographic chronicle of Canada in the 20th century, full of unforgettable moments, some famous, some not, but all unique in their celebration of Canada in the last century. Organized chronologically, the 500 images, accompanied by excerpts from some of the century's most important and provocative pieces of writing, reveal 20th-century life from a multitude of perspectives: politics, diplomacy, economics, arts, culture, thought, immigration, sports, religion, family life, urban development, and rural expansion. --

Record details

ISBN: 0385258933 :
ISBN: 9780385258937 :
Physical Description: 511 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 23 cm.
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Publisher: Toronto : Doubleday Canada, [1999].

Content descriptions

General Note:	Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Canada in focus: six notes on how worlds are made -- Our 20th Century 1900-1909 -- Glory and strife 1910- 1919 -- Struggling twenties 1920-1929 -- Years of despair 1930-1939 -- Battle and beyond 1940-1949 -- The big boom 1950-1959 -- Turbulent identity 1960-1969 -- Compassion and conviction 1970-1979 -- Fusions and frictions 1980-1989 -- Nearing a new millennium 1990-1999.