CANS 310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: William Hales Hingston, Utopia, Bylot Island
13 Nov 2016
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Late 19th century canada britain of the north" (part of empire) Canada as a colony, britain of the north part of the british empire. Way in which colonizers work with this idea: reproduce home europe, reproduce their ideal version of home utopia (not necessarily successful in their home country, disappointed with industrialization) Northern latitude = stamina, self-reliance, hardness, virtuous, dominant, liberty, thrift, masculine [positive values: valorize own community and de-valorize the other (the south, also works against the united states. Dangers of a single-story = southern europe as effeminate, degenerate, soft. Robert grant haliburton, we are the northern of the new world . Notion of property regulation crux of the colonial contact zone (king) Our race = race as a dominant concept in science. Tuttle climate and institutions mold character. Parkin climate creates a process of natural selection" of sturdy races" (221). Geography determines a way of being northern advantage. Theories of climate and health healthy people (223).
