National Images and United States-Canada Relations [Hardcover]

Chapter 1???? Images of the Other and International Relations

Introduction: Imagining the Other

When and How Do Images of the Other Matter?

Borderlands: Does Physical Contiguity Make a Difference?

National Images and United States-Canada Relations

Chapter 2???? America: A Canadian Obsession

Introduction

Early Perceptions: Anti-American Elites and an Unconvinced Public

The Rebellions of 1837-1838: Rejection of the American Model?

Fears of Annexation

Canadian Ambivalence toward America

The New Canadian Nationalism

Multiculturalism as a Marker of Difference (and Superiority!)

Old Cultural Tropes Die Hard

American Decline, the Rise of Trumpism, and Canadians Image of America

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Conclusion

Chapter 3???? Canada: From Existential Threat to the Unknown Country

Introduction

The Threat from the North

The Early American Image of les Canadiens and the Canadian People

Canada as a Refuge from Injustice

Reciprocity and Annexation

The Friendly Neighbor Next Door

The Popular Image of Canada: Puló2