'It has taken a generation but at last we have the book we have been waiting for: Bryan Palmer's exhilarating sweep of history, story, and idea provides a terrific survey of a decade that haunts us still. Bits and pieces have been written about this era in Canada, but Palmer's account weaves together a stupendous range of themes and debates about the evolution of Canadian identity and about how the events of the 1960s irrevocably altered that discourse. Always analytical and critical, Palmer nevertheless shows remarkable intellectual and emotional generosity to and solidarity with an era he concludes was "infinitely creative."' -- Myrna Kostash, author of Long Way From Home: The Story of the Sixties Generation in Canada 'Canada's 1960s is a dazzling tour de force. An intellectual, cultural, political and social history of the decade, Palmer's account includes much more than the usual examination of the counter culture of sex, drugs, and rock and roll. It covers the emergence of the New Left, the upsurge of radical nationalist mobilizations in Quebec, the beginning of a new wave of feminism, and a discussion of how Native peoples became more visible with the birth of a militant Aboriginal movement of resistance. Finally, in focusing on how Canadians during the 1960s came to understand themselves differently, Palmer's book explores Canadian national identity and its transformation. This important examination of the Sixties thus turns into a stunning exploration of the peculiarities of Canadians.' -- Cy Gonick, publisher, Canadian Dimension
Bryan D. Palmer is a professor and Canada Research Chair in the Department of Canadian Studies at Trent University.
'The book is a prestigious example of scholarship, wonderfully
documented...I could not put it down...most highly recommended for
students, faculty, and the general interest reader.'
*Patrice LeClerc, Journal of Socialist Studies, vol
6:01:10*
'Palmer provides a fascinating analysis of a key but little
examined decade... It is both provocative and insightful...And it
most certainly will prompt much new research on a period that
fundamentally re-shaped Canadian identity and lives.'
*Catherine Gidney, History of Intellectual Culture,
vol8:01:08-09*
If Palmer's exhaustive research and clever analysis provide the
body of Canada's 1960 in this book, his style provides the soul.
Rare is the academic book in which the cadences and staging of the
narrative are as much a part of the argument as is the case with
this study.
*P.E Bryden, American Historical Review, October 2010*
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