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BL
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879352
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Saul, John Ralston,1947-
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| Title & Author
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A fair country : : telling truths about Canada /\ John Ralston Saul.
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| Publication Statement
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Toronto :: Viking Canada,, 2008.
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xii, 340 pages ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0670068047
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: 9780670068043
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Abstract
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Saul argues passionately that Canada is a Métis nation heavily influenced and shaped by Aboriginal ideas.
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Elite (Social sciences)-- Canada.
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Equality-- Canada.
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National characteristics, Canadian.
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Native peoples-- Canada-- Politics and government.
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Autochtones-- Canada-- Politique et gouvernement.
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Canadiens.
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Égalité (Sociologie)-- Canada.
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Élite (Sciences sociales)-- Canada.
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Elite (Social sciences)
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Equality.
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Identität
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Jämställdhet-- Kanada.
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National characteristics, Canadian.
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Politics and government.
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Social conditions.
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Ursprungsbefolkningar-- politisk verksamhet-- Kanada.
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Canada, Politics and government.
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Canada, Social conditions.
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Canada, Conditions sociales.
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Canada, Politique et gouvernement.
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Canada.
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Kanada
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Kanada, sociala förhållanden.
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Kanada, politik och förvaltning.
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| Dewey Classification
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971
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| LC Classification
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F1021.S38 2008
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cci1icclacc
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