Chronicles of Canada -- Dawn of Canadian History: Aboriginal Canada by Stephen Leacock
Loyal BooksMost readers of Stephen Leacock's works are familiar with his witty and humorous writings, but few may be aware that he was also a gifted teacher, political ideologue, economist and fiction writer. Though he wrote six books on Canadian history, none of them attained the status of a standard text on the subject and were regarded more as opinion pieces without much academic foundation. Yet, the Chro... more
| Publishes | Daily | Episodes | 6 | Founded | 12 years ago |
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- Episode 3
The first two episodes which were interesting... episode 3 was a blur of racist information. Depicting the First Nations in a very bad way, using terms not used for decades at a certain point it was nothing but infuriating to hear the miss information being passed on! It shows nothing but a huge lack of research on the production team and ultimately, a lack of respect for the First Nations and their legacy.
Apple Podcasts1MoJo-jo
Canada5 years ago - A good start
This is a good introduction to the history of Canada, albeit not fully accurate. It is very interesting to hear the terminology used.
Apple Podcasts4Snas22Canada10 years ago - Outdated
Quite interesting yet also outdated (understandably) in its vocabulary and to a certain extent in its information.
Apple Podcasts3UsnsiCanada10 years ago - Too outdated to be relevant
Maybe the later chapters will be better but the first few chapters give a very a old-fashioned (and racist) point of view. The author calls North American aboriginals "savages", among other things. I understand that was the popular view of the time but that is one reason why this book is too outdated to be a good choice for learning Canadian history in our modern world. Another example of its irrelevancy is that at the time of publishing, no proof had yet to be found of Leif Erikson and other Vi... more
Apple Podcasts2hocquee
United States12 years ago - Thanks so much!
Please continue to the later volumes!
Apple Podcasts5KevinICdesignerUnited States12 years ago
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