Diverging paths for Canada: nationalism between Britain and America, 1957–1963.

Canada presents an interesting case study for studies of nationalism. Amidst recent and continuing invocations of Canada's 'post-nationalism', this article highlights a key historical inflection point in articulations of Canadian national identity: the tenure of Progressive Conservative Prime Minister John Diefenbaker from 1957–1963. Amidst the throes of the Cold War, negotiation over and articulation of Canadian national identity was informed by concerns at American cultural and economic encroachment and declining links to Britain. Bridging political, cultural, and social history, this vignette points to the highly protean, contested nature of national identity as applied to a Canada in transition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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