{"product_id":"9781459411142","title":"XCanada Since 1960: A People's History: A Left Perspective on 50 Years of Politics, Economics and Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Winnipeg's Cy Gonick started the magazine \u003cem\u003eCanadian Dimension\u003c\/em\u003e in 1963 to provide a home for the thinking and analysis of mostly young leftists engaged in Canadian economic, social, cultural, artistic and political issues, he had no grand plan. But \u003cem\u003eCanadian Dimension\u003c\/em\u003e was welcomed by intellectuals, scholars and students, and it proved enduring. Hundreds of Canada's leading figures of the left have contributed to its pages over the years, writing about every major topic in Canadian public life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book offers an account of the most important developments in Canadian history from the sixties until today, as seen and interpreted by scholars and writers on the pages of \u003cem\u003eDimension\u003c\/em\u003e. Each chapter reviews a major theme, such as Canada's relationship to the U.S., the development of our health care system, the dynamics of Aboriginal-non-Aboriginal relations and the role of Canadian cultural work in shaping Canadian society. Taken together, the book provides a unique and broad perspective on virtually every significant event and development in recent Canadian history.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReaders who know the magazine will find this book a compelling summary of how Canada changed in the past five decades, and how the Left saw those changes and challenged them. Readers who discover \u003cem\u003eCanadian Dimension\u003c\/em\u003e through this book will find a multitude of compelling voices who challenge the dominant neoliberal thinking of mainstream Canadian intellectual life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe twenty-seven contributors, from every part of the country are Greg Albo, Brenda Austin Smith, Chris Bailey, Evan Bowness, Mordecai Briemburg, Elizabeth Comack, Angela Day, Bryan Evans, Alvin Finkel, Peter Graefe, Judy Haiven, Larry Haiven, Trevor Harrison, Henry Heller, David Hugill, Peter Kulchyski, Andrea Levy, James McCorrie, James Naylor, Bryan Palmer, Denis Pilon, Joe Roberts, Stephanie Ross, Arthur Schafer, Frank Tester, John Warnock and Chris Webb.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"James Lorimer \u0026 Company Ltd., Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47124456866032,"sku":"9781459411142","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781459411142_p0.jpg?v=1763872211","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781459411142","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}