Celebrating Canada: Holidays, National Days, and the Crafting of Identities

Holidays are a key to helping us understand the transformation of national, regional, community and ethnic identities. In Celebrating Canadaprovincial holidays and annual celebrations.

The contributorstothis volume examine such holidays as Dominion Day, Victoria Day, Quebec'sFeteNationaleand CanadianThanksgiving,countries (like the Fourth of July) and how Dominion Day was observed in the United Kingdom. Drawing heavily on primary source research, and theories of nationalism, identities and invented traditions,of Canadian identities.