Star-Spangled Canadians Canadians Living the American Dream |
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| Author:
| Simpson, Jeffrey |
| ISBN: | 978-0-00-639132-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2000 |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | Contact Supplier contact
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Book Description:
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It's a subject that continues to provoke and fascinate Canadians, and pre-eminent political commentator Jeffrey Simpson has his finger on its pulse.Is there really a "brain drain" from Canada to the US? Why do some Canadians want to live south of the border? Who are they? What have they found? Star-Spangled Canadians delivers some startling answers about the almost 700,000 ex-pat Canadians living in the US.He has talked to more than 200 of them, from Montana State Prison...
More DescriptionIt's a subject that continues to provoke and fascinate Canadians, and pre-eminent political commentator Jeffrey Simpson has his finger on its pulse.Is there really a "brain drain" from Canada to the US? Why do some Canadians want to live south of the border? Who are they? What have they found?
Star-Spangled Canadians delivers some startling answers about the almost 700,000 ex-pat Canadians living in the US.He has talked to more than 200 of them, from Montana State Prison death-row inmate Ronald Smith to ABC News anchor Peter Jennings.The result is a fascinating mix of anecdote, analysis and commentary that reveals surprising new perspectives on Canada's current and past relationship with America; looks sharply at the so-called "brain drain"; and explodes some longstanding myths and stereotypes we hold about Americans.
Written in his trademark eloqent style, Jeffrey Simpson has penned a groundbreaking and entertaining book.