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pp. 270, notes, index, black and white photographs throughout. “Using a vast array of sources, including such long-lost treasures as ‘Castaways in the Frozen North’ and ‘The Silk-robed Cow,’ R.G. Myles and Doug Owram explore the British idea of Canada in the heyday of empire. They discover close links between the romantic images and the British ideal of imperialism, the dream of a vast empire steeped in British tradition and Christian values. At the root of the stereotypes lie questions of imperial unity, colonial loyalty, emigration policy, and Canadian independence. Moyles and Owram present an entertaining series of mis-impressions and moralistic condescension. They tell us much about the power of the imperial dream and the gap between truth and rhetoric.”