Book Review: Canada: New World Power
| Author | D. C. Masters |
| Published date | 01 July 1946 |
| Date | 01 July 1946 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/002070204600100316 |
| Subject Matter | Book Review |
International
Journal
needed
to
ensure
readability.
The book,
in
addition
to
its
general
interest,
is
particularly
valuable
in
the chapter
which
outlines
annual
wage
plans
in
operation.
McGill
University,
February
1946.
H.
D.
Woods
CANADA:
NEW
WORLD
POWER.
By
Louisa
W.
Peat.
1945.
(New
York:
Robert
M.
McBride.
Toronto:
McLeod.
293pp.
$3.50)
The
title
of
this
volume
gives
an
erroneous
impression
of
its contents.
Except
in
the
final
chapter,
no
effort
is
made
to
examine
the
implications
of
Canada's
position
as
a
"new world
power"
in
the
community
of
nations.
The
book
is
mainly
a
description
of
Canada,
its
people, and
its
domestic
problems.
Mrs.
Peat
has
written
a
syrhpathetic and
admiring
account
of
Canada
and
Canadians, though
her
book
is
perhaps
too
sentimental
and
flamboy-
ant.
Moreover,
although
the
writer
keeps
protesting
that
there
are
many
diversities
in
Canada,
she
nevertheless
indulges
in
some
rash
generaliza-
tions
about
Canadians.
Can
we
all
be
as
polite
as
the
people
encountered
by
Mrs.
Peat
in
Toronto
street-cars?
Some
of
Mrs.
Peat's
judgments are
much
too
facile;
for
example,
her
idea
(page
43)
that
the
differences
between
Anglo-
and
French-
Canadians
could
be
"cleared
up"
by
"a
few
quiet
conferences."
On
the
other hand,
some
of
her
observations
are
quite
shrewd;
for
instance,
her
comment
on
the
Canadian's
"psychological
tendency
to
decry
himself."
While
the
authoress
has
obviously
prepared
herself
by considerable
reading
of
Canadian history, the
book
contains
some
factual errors,
e.g.
on
pages
15,
23-24,
36, 42, 45,
47, 53,
and
so
on.
The
book
is
obviously
written
for
the American
market,
and
as
an
introductory
study
on Canada
it
has considerable
merit.
In
its broad
outlines
it
is
sound;
it
contains
much
useful information
about
Canada,
and
it
is
written
in
such
a
way
as
to
attract
the
casual
reader.
Bishop's
University,
February
1946.
D.
C.
Masters
278
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