Colonialism and capitalism : the remaking of modern Canada 1960-2025
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James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers,
Toronto :
[2026]
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In this third volume, Bryan Palmer continues his sweeping new history of Canada, interweaving the latest research in labour, political, economic and social history. This book covers the profound economic and social changes Canadians have navigated since 1960, including Quebec nationalism, student and labour protests, Indigenous land battles, and the feminist, LGBTQ+ and environmental movements. It concludes with a reflection on the post-Trump global order and Canadian society today. Canada experienced extraordinary growth and reform in this period along with increased opportunities that became possible for many. But these developments took place along with the continuing dispossession of Indigenous peoples and deepening inequality and social injustice for the majority of Canadians, particularly after the 1990s. Yet in the various anticapitalist and anticolonial resistance movements of this era, Palmer points to a possible path forward to a better society and future. Building on the work of scholars who have produced a vast academic literature on a wide range of topics in Canadian history, Capitalism, Colonialism, and Crises: The Remaking of Modern Canada 1960--2025 concludes a compelling new history of Canada that reflects the knowledge and values of twenty-first-century Canadians.
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- ISBN: 9781459420519 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 448 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: Toronto : James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers, [2026]
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Formatted Contents Note:
Part one: Capitalism's changing contours, 1960-2000: the bursting of the post-war bubble ; 1. Capital, the state, and the 1960s appetite for reform: from conciliation to containment ; 2. From the Oil Shock to the national energy policy: Petro Panic in the 1970s and 1980s ; 3. Neoliberal backlash and capitalist crime in the 1980s ; Toward permanent capitalist crisis: job loss, ecological damage, and international financial panics, 1970-2000 -- Part two: Protest's changing contours, 1960-2000: class struggles and Indigenous oppositions ; 5. The radicalization of the 1960s ; 6. The colonized strike back: Quebec, 1960-72 ; 7. The colonized strike back: Red Power, 1965-75 ; 8. Indigenous surveillance, scoops, and schools: coercive continuities, 1960-75 ; 9. The new left goes north: The Berger Commission and its aftermath, 1973-2000 ; 10. Indigenous women, the Indian Act, and ongoing struggles, 1969-85 ; 11. Class war waged from below, 1960-75 ; 12. Class war waged from above, 1975-2000 ; 13. Elijah Harper, distinct societies, and the Oka Standoff, 1990 -- Part three: Crises and Canada remade, 2000-25: The challenge of the present ; 14. Crisis capitalism and the political economy of instability: Canada's downward slide, 2000-25 ; 15. The Great Recession: The financial crash of 2007-09 ; 16. Deindustrialization in hard times: dismantling Canadian workplaces, 2000-25 ; 17. Canadian capital's global reach in the twenty-first century ; 18. The bitter fruits of crisis capitalism: The gig economy and homelessness, 2000-25 ; 19. Indigenous protest in the shadow of neoliberalism, 1995-2015 ; 20. Residential School Revelations: from sexual abuse to "The Year of the Graves," 1985-2021 ; 21. Murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls and red dresses, 2010-25 ; 22. Idle no more: Indigenous resistance, 2012-25 ; 23. Apostolic apologetics: Vatican statements and Indigenous demands for justice, 2020-23 ; 24. Pandemic capitalism, 2019-23 ; 25. Crisis capitalism on steroids: dimensions of Trumpism, 2024-25 ; 26. Crisis and regime change in Canada, 2025 ; 27. Capitalism and colonialism unchecked: after the 2025 election -- Part four: Conclusion ; 28. How the past is before us: Capitalism, colonialism, and pipeline protests, 2014-25 ; Afterword: Crisis capitalism in 2025: a balance sheet.