Regions Apart The Four Societies of Canada and The United States

Regions Apart: The Four Societies of Canada and the United States provides an invaluable social, cultural, and political comparison of the two countries that share the world's longest undefended border. General readers and students alike will find Regions Apart an insightful analysis of how and why Americans and Canadians differ, not only from each other but from region to region within each country. Recognizing the inevitability of the comparison - at least for Canadians! - the authors explore the myths about the historical development of the two nations and provide their own thought-provoking interpretation. They argue that the original American colonies and English Canada were very similar societies and that the differences that emerged as the countries developed resulted not simply because of the rupture caused by the American Revolution, but because of internal divisions in each country - between English and French Canada and between the American North and South - that set the two nations on different paths. The Wynford edition includes a new introduction by Edward Grabb bringing this groundbreaking study fully up to date.

2 - Previous Perspectives: Founding Fragements and Revolutionary Origins
3 - An Alternative Perspective: Deep Structures and the Four Sub-societies of Canada and the United States
4 - Liberty, Liberalism, and the Myth of American Individualism
5 - English Canada and the Loyalist Myth
6 - Canadians and Americans: Historical Comparisons
7 - Moral Issues: Religion, Family Values, and Crime
8 - Individualism, Collectivism, and the State
9 - Social Inclusion and Tolerance toward Minorities
10 - Political Attitudes and Political Action
11 - Voluntary-Association Involvement and Activity
12 - Conclusion

Edward Grabb is Professor and Senior Scholar in Residence at the Department of Sociology at the University of British Columbia. Most of his research centres on social inequality, political sociology, and comparative social structure. His articles have appeared in such journals as the American Sociological Review, Social Forces, the Canadian Journal of Political Science, and the Canadian Journal of Sociology. His other books include Social Inequality in Canada: Patterns, Problems, and Policies (co-edited with Neil Guppy) and Theories of Social Inequality. The late James Curtis was a professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Waterloo. His primary scholarly interests included social inequality, associational and political behaviour, the sociology of knowledge, and the sociology of physical activity and sport.