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Your country, my country : a unified history of the United States and Canada / Robert Bothwell.

by Bothwell, Robert. 1944-

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Oxford University Press, 2015.

National characteristics, Canadian.

National characteristics, American.

Canada -- History.

United States -- History.

North America -- History.

Canada -- Relations -- United States.

United States -- Relations -- Canada.

9780195448801 (Cloth)

0195448804 (Cloth)

9780195448801 (hc.)

0195448804 (hc.)

420 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographic references and an index.

"Canada: land of hockey, wintery weather, unfailing politeness--at least, as far as many Americans are aware. For Canadians, the United States is often seen as a land of extremes, both in terms of its policies and its values. Could two countries so seemingly different really have anything in common? Yes indeed, according to historian Robert Bothwell. In this witty and accessible book, Bothwell argues that the 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, common values, and differences through the centuries, Bothwell suggests that Canadians and Americans are not quite as different as we have been led to believe. He brings this contention down to the present day by examining Canadian and American differences over such questions as universal health care and the war in Iraq. Bothwell finds that what happens in one country is often reflected in the other. This innovative volume contends that, Canada's story illuminates America's--and vice-versa."--From publisher.

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