Canada: A Rough Guide, Fourth Edition

Lingua: inglese

Editore: Rough Guides, 1998

1858283116 / 9781858283111

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944 pages. INTRODUCTIONCanada is almost unimaginably vast. It stretches from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the latitude of Rome to beyond the Magnetic Nor th Pole. Its archetypal landscapes are the Rocky Mountain lakes and peaks, the e ndless forests and the prairie wheatfields, but Canada holds landscapes that def y expectations: rainforest and desert lie close together in the southwest corner of the country, while in the east a short drive can take you from fjords to lus h orchards. What’s more, great tracts of Canada are completely unspoiled – nin ety percent of the country’s 28.5 million population lives within 100 miles of the US border.Like its neighbour, Canada is a spectrum of cultures, a hot chpotch of immigrant groups who supplanted the continent’s many native peoples. There’s a crucial difference, though. Whereas citizens of the United States ar e encouraged to perceive themselves as Americans above all else, Canada’s conce rtedly multicultural approach has done more to acknowledge the origins of its pe ople, creating an ethnic mosaic as opposed to America’s melting-pot. Alongsid e the French and British majorities live a host of communities who maintain the traditions of their homelands – Chinese, Ukrainians, Portuguese, Indians, Dutch , Polish, Greek and Spanish, to name just the most numerous. For the visitor, th e mix that results from the country’s exemplary tolerance is an exhilarating ex perience, offering such widely differing environments as Vancouver’s huge China town and the austere religious enclaves of Manitoba. Canadians themselves, howev er, are often troubled by the lack of a clear self-image, t! ending to emphasize the ways in which they are different from the US as a means of self-description.…

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Titolo
Canada: A Rough Guide, Fourth Edition
Autore
Tim Jepson,Tania Smith,Phil Lee
Editore
Rough Guides
Anno di pubblicazione
1998
Condizione
Very Good
Rilegatura
Paperback
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 10
1858283116
ISBN 13
9781858283111
Edizione
quarta edizione
Dimensioni
12.8cm x 2.7cm x 19.8cm
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