Tutor and Freelance Writer. Science Teacher and Lover of Essays. Article last reviewed: 2020 | St. Rosemary Institution © 2010-2022 | Creative Commons 4.0

Gerald Friesen: Citizens and Nation Essay

In Citizens and Nation, Gerald Friesen, suggests a structure for understanding Canadian history based upon four epochs, each centered upon a principle communication medium. According to Friesen, Canada is a story of communication that changes from the “oral-traditional” world of pre-contact Aboriginal people to the “textual-settler” household of immigrants and finally to the “print-capitalism” of…

Television and Its Effects on Interfamilial Relationships

Since its invention, television has enjoyed an increasingly prominent presence in the homes of western families.  In fact, as of 2000, the vast majority (98%) of American households owned at least one television set (Wilson 2004). Though it is indisputable that this overwhelming proliferation of television does not come without consequences for the family unit,…

The Napoleonic Settlement and the Napoleonic Empire

The ‘Brumaire Coup’ I)The Consulate I. 25 December 1799 Constitution: Napoleon Bonaparte as First Consul A. The constitution was approved in the Dec 1799 plebiscite B.1802- Napoleon becomes “consul for life” C. 2 Dec 1804- Crowned ‘Emperor of France” II) The Napoleonic Years A Firm Rule Centralism and Growth of Powers by the State Reconciliation…