Author : Kari Levitt
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773569871
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)
Book Synopsis Silent Surrender by : Kari Levitt
Download or read book Silent Surrender written by Kari Levitt and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2002-11-21 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1970, Silent Surrender helped educate a generation of students about Canadian political economy. Kari Levitt details the historical background of foreign investments in Canada, their acceleration since World War II, and the nature of intrusions by multinational corporations into a sovereign state. Silent Surrender was prophetic in predicting that the ultimate consequence of relinquishing control of the Canadian economy to United States business interests would be political disintegration through the balkanization of the country and its eventual piecemeal absorption into the American imperial system. Republished with a new preface by noted scholar Mel Watkins and a postscript by the author, Silent Surrender's basic argument and underlying economic analysis remain remarkably fresh, particularly the question of whether cultural integration into continental American life has proceeded to a point where Canada is no longer a meaningful national community.