Canada's Odyssey

150 years after Confederation, Canada is known around the world for its social diversity and its commitment to principles of multiculturalism. But the road to contemporary Canada is a winding one, a story of division and conflict as well as union and accommodation.

In Canada’s Odyssey, renowned scholar Peter H. Russell provides an expansive, accessible account of Canadian history from the pre-Confederation period to the present day. By focusing on what he calls the "three pillars" of English Canada, French Canada, and Aboriginal Canada, Russell advances an important view of our country as one founded on and informed by "incomplete conquests". It is the very incompleteness of these conquests that have made Canada what it is today, not just a multicultural society but a multinational one.

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La 150 de ani de la confederatie, Canada este cunoscuta in intreaga lume pentru diversitatea sa sociala si angajamentul sau fata de principiile multiculturalismului. Dar drumul catre Canada contemporana este unul sinuos, o poveste de diviziune si conflict, precum si de unire si cazare. In Odiseea Canadei, renumitul carturar Peter H.