Majesty in Canada : essays on the role of royalty
On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of Queen Elizabeth's accession to the throne, the Centre of Canadian Studies of the University of Edinburgh hosted its annual conference on the theme "Majesty in Canada". The essays that were presented at that conference reflect the wide-ranging recognitions of the different roles that monarchs and their representatives have played in Canada. The essays examine how Canadians have understood their ties to royalty and how the regal principle formed an important part of the national identity. Royal tours, vice-regal initiatives, representations of the
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INTRODUCTION: Majesty INTRODUCTION
The Invention of Tradition?: The Royal Tours of 1860 and 1901 to Canada, PHILLIP BUCKNER
Dreaming of the Princess: Love, Subversion, and the Rituals of Empire in British Columbia, 1882, R.W. SANDWELL
The Indians and the Crown: Aboriginal Memories of Royal Promises in Pacific Canada, KEITH THOR CARLSON
Governor General Greys 8220;Little Scheme8221;: Majesty in Canada, JENNIFER SALAHUB
8220;All this Fuss and Feathers8221;: Politicians, Plutocrats, and Changing Canadian Attitudes to Honours, J. ANDREW ROSS
A Not Unwilling Subject: Canada and Her Queen, PETER TREPANIER
Glorifying and Exporting French Kingship: Political and Legal Models in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, SYLVAIN SOLEIL
Problems of Precedence in Louis XIVs New France, COLIN M. COATES
In the Name of the King: The Monarchical Atmosphere of French Colonial Louisbourg, 17138211;1758, A.J.B. JOHNSTON
8220;The Rising Star that Cheers the Scene8221;: The Emerging Image of Queen Victoria in English Canada, 18378211;1849, CHRISTOPHER TAIT
The Royal Family in Contemporary Canadian Womens Fiction, MARY COND201;
8220;Unreal but Very Necessary8221;: The Canadian Monarchy in the Novels of Robertson Davies, L.C. KNOWLES
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