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050	1	4	_a001 F 1029.5 _bB749y 2015
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100	1		_aBothwell, Robert.
245	1	0	_aYour country, my country : _ba unified history of the United States and Canada / _cRobert Bothwell.
260			_aNew York, NY : _bOxford University Press, _c2015.
300			_a420 p. ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aExceptional America: sovereignties in Northern North Americans -- Patriots and loyalists -- The unfinished revolution: 1783-1815 -- Postwar, 1815-1854 -- A colonial nation, its neighbor, and its empire -- Siblings and their rivalries, 1891-1914 -- Relations transformed by war -- The great thaw, 1921-1939 -- Convergences, 1939-1949 -- Exceptional North America and the Cold War, 1949-1979 -- Unexpected destinations -- Something old, something new -- Back to the future?
520			_a"Canada: land of hockey, terrible weather, unfailing politeness-and little else, as far as many Americans are aware. For Canadians, the United States is seen as a land of unparalleled opportunity and unparalleled failure, a country of heights and abysses. The straitlaced country in the north could hardly have much to tell about its powerhouse of a neighbor to the south, eh? Not so, according to historian Robert Bothwell. In this witty and accessible book, Bothwell argues that the shared history of the United States and Canada reveals more about each country than most would suspect. Your Country, My Country takes readers back to the seventeenth century, when a shared British colonial heritage set the two lands on paths that would remain intertwined to the present day. Tracing Canadian-American relations, shared values, and differences through the centuries, Bothwell suggests that Americans are neither unique nor exceptional, in terms of both their good characteristics and their bad ones. He brings this contention down to the present day by examining Canadian and American differences over such questions as universal health care in domestic policy and the Iraq war in foreign policy. What happens in Canada often reflects what has happened in the United States, but by the same token, what happens in Canada signals what could happen in its American neighbor. From whatever direction, this innovative volume contends, Canada's story illuminates America's-and vice-versa"-- _cProvided by publisher.
520			_a"The book might almost be entitled Canadians in the Attic. Canada is the United States' forgotten twin, the country that resembles the United States more than any other, and that shares a history with America that goes back to the seventeenth century, and that includes the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, and the anti-slavery movement, to name only a few. Canada is in a way a measure of, a barometer of, American exceptionalism. What happens in Canada is often a reflection of what has happened in the United States, but by the same token, what happens in Canada is often a sign of what could happen in its American neighbor. While the two countries have distinct political systems, and particular histories, ideologically they are closer together than standard Canadian histories suggest. (Canadians are left out of standard American histories.) Arguably, Canada is the part of North America where the New Deal came to fruition in the 1960s, when it was frustrated in the United States. But no American political idea fails to penetrate Canada, and in the 2000s many Canadians, including the current Canadian government, seek to imitate or replicate the hard-right turn in American politics. From whatever direction, the Canadian experience illuminates American experience-- and vice-versa"-- _cProvided by publisher.
651		0	_aCanada _xHistory.
651		4	_aCanadá _xHistoria.
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory.
651		4	_aEstados Unidos _xHistoria.
651		0	_aNorth America _xHistory.
651		4	_aAmérica del Norte _xHistoria.
651		0	_aCanada _xRelations _zUnited States.
651		4	_aCanadá _xRelaciones _zEstados Unidos.
651		0	_aUnited States _xRelations _zCanada.
651		4	_aEstados Unidos _xRelaciones _zCanadá.
650		0	_aNational characteristics, Canadian.
650		4	_aCanadá _xCaracterísticas nacionales.
650		0	_aNational characteristics, American.
650		7	_aHISTORY / Canada / General. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aHISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies). _2bisacsh
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