GGR246H1 Lecture 4: Lecture 4 - Nation or A country
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Canada 1920: a snapshot y population & distribution a fairy substantial increase in population, which was driven by immigration y. Infrastructure- rail ways, connecting west and easy, it was important to tie the countries together, to facilitate trade y urbanization a population that is in need of consuming, transportation and so on, and it occurs in central. Have the task of confederation succeded? y spatial discontinuity settlement in canada is like island settlement, not directly connected to one another, in terms of culture and identity. Different parts of canada were settled at different times. It was driven by process of immigration, y lack of unifying history - french subjugation, imperial allegiance, rapid creation, lack of defining episode. E. g as if saying the quebeques are english, thats why quebec doesn t see it self as part of canada, it sees it as different nation. Is there a source for unity threat of americanisation? y.