What Is a Canadian? Forty-Three Thought-Provoking Responses【電子書籍】

＜p＞Each of these essays begins with the words “A Canadian is . . .”. Each one is very different, producing a fascinating book for all thinking Canadians.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Irvin Studin is an idealistic young Canadian who wanted to do something extraordinary for his country. So he decided to approach leading Canadians ー he calls them “sages” ー to tell us what they believe defines us. The people who responded eagerly, to produce an essay of 1,500 to 2,000 words, are, in his words, “all distinguished Canadian thinkers and achievers from all walks of life ー politics, the civil service, academia, literature, journalism, business, the arts ー from both official language groups, and from all regions of the country, as well as from the Canadian diaspora.”＜/p＞ ＜p＞The strength of this book lies in the contributors, listed in the sidebar. The variety ranges from the funny ー “A Canadian is . . . someone who crosses the road to get to the middle” (Allan Fotheringham) through the hostile ー “. . . the citizen of．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る