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Imperial Dreams and Colonial Realities (University of Toronto Press, 1989)<\/span> In the Age of New Imperialism, Canada figured prominently in British imperial dreams and public debate. She was, after all, ‘the eldest daughter of the Empire,’ a favourite destination for emigrants, and still new enough to be interesting to explorers and adventurers. At the same time, she was becoming proudly independent, and in a constant state of dalliance with her vibrant neighbour to the south. British journals such as Fortnightly Review<\/em> and Nineteenth Century<\/em> carried hundreds of articles on the colony, British travellers such as R.M. Ballantyne wrote voluminously about it, and politicians like Disraeli and Gladstone debated its future.<\/p>\n The nine stereotypical British views presented here show how great was the gulf between imperially motivated illusions and harsh Canadian realities. Juvenile readers, raised on the Boy’s Own Paper and Chums, pictured Canada as a ‘wild and woolly West’; aristocratic hunters, like the Earl of Dunraven, saw mainly a ‘sportsman’s paradise’; those who read emigration literature were led to expect a rosy future of wealth and comfort. Other Britons were fascinated by ‘quaint Quebec’ and by the ‘noble red man,’ while still others saw the country as a place to invest or own a farm of one’s own. Canada also appeared as a land badly in need of the culture and refinement an Englishwoman could impart, though in reality she often ended up as a domestic servant.<\/p>\n Using a vast array of sources, including such long-lost treasures as \u201cCastaways in the Frozen North\u201d and \u201cThe Silk-robed Cow,\u201d R.G. Moyles and Doug Owram explore the British idea of Canada in the heyday of empire. They discover close links between the romantic images and the British ideal of imperialism, the dream of a vast empire steeped in British tradition and Christian values. At the root of the stereotypes lie questions of imperial unity, colonial loyalty, emigration policy, and Canadian independence.<\/p>\n Moyles and Owram present an entertaining series of misimpressions and moralistic condescension. They tell us much about the power of the imperial dream and the gap between truth and rhetoric.<\/p>\n (Description Source: The University of Toronto Press<\/a>) Doug Owram\u00a0<\/strong>is a professor Emeritus of History at the University of British Columbia Okanagan. He was Deputy Vice-Chancellor of UBCO from 2006 to 2012. During his term, he oversaw the expansion of enrollment from 3,200 to 8,000 full-time students and a $400 million construction program. He was formerly Vice President (Academic) and Provost at the University of Alberta. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1990.<\/p>\n R.G. Moyles<\/strong> was the Associate Dean of Arts at the University of Alberta.<\/p>\n http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/y6obnxqe<\/p>\n From the Publisher – The University of Toronto Press<\/a><\/span> Paper ISBN: 9781487577407<\/span> UBC Okanagan Classroom Artwork Project <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n The University of British Columbia Okanagan Classroom Artwork Project<\/em> aims to display academically inspiring artwork in classrooms and other teaching areas of the university.<\/span><\/p>\n Artwork displayed as part of this project \u2013 including the covers of books and journals containing work written or edited by UBCO scholars and researchers \u2013 is intended to help enliven university teaching spaces, educate classroom users about the connections between research and teaching, and introduce members of the broader public to some of the research and scholarship carried out at UBCO.<\/span><\/p>\n How to Submit Artwork <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
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