National Images and United States-Canada Relations

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Synopsis

This book explores the psychological–cultural dimension of the United States–Canada relationship by analyzing how each country has viewed the other. Drawing on a wide range of data, including primary sources, secondary literature, and survey research, the methodology is historical/analytical, seeking to explicate and understand how Americans and Canadians, and their elites, have viewed one another from the moment they were launched on separate trajectories, why they developed and held such ideas, and what consequences these images had for the bilateral relationship between the countries. American and Canadian images of the other have deep roots and are, in many respects, recognizably the same today as they were many decades ago. Moreover, even when anchored to important realities of the other, such images influence the perception and interpretation of events, and actions taken by the other. How Americans and Canadians have viewed each other, the sources of these ideas, the way they have been influenced by each country’s domestic politics and place within the international system, and the consequences for their bilateral relationship are among the questions examined. Interdisciplinary in approach, the book will appeal to scholars and students of political science, international relations, and history.

Book details

Series:
InterAmerican Research: Contact, Communication, Conflict
Author:
Stephen Brooks
ISBN:
9781040014462
Related ISBNs:
9781032675213, 9781032675206, 9781040014455, 9781032675220
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2024-04-01
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2024
Copyright by:
Stephen Brooks, The right of Stephen Brooks to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with sections 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Nonfiction, Politics and Government