Chapter 1 Images of the Other and International Relations
Introduction: Imagining the Other
When and How Do Images of the Other Matter?
Borderlands: Does Physical Contiguity Make a Difference?
National Images and United States-Canada Relations
Chapter 2 America: A Canadian Obsession
Introduction
Early Perceptions: Anti-American Elites and an Unconvinced Public
The Rebellions of 1837-1838: Rejection of the American Model?
Fears of Annexation
Canadian Ambivalence toward America
The “New” Canadian Nationalism
Multiculturalism as a Marker of Difference (and Superiority!)
Old Cultural Tropes Die Hard
American Decline, the Rise of Trumpism, and Canadians’ Image of America
Conclusion
Chapter 3 Canada: From Existential Threat to the Unknown Country
Introduction
The Threat from the North
The Early American Image of les Canadiens and the Canadian People
Canada as a Refuge from Injustice
Reciprocity and Annexation
The Friendly Neighbor Next Door
The Popular Image of Canada: Public Opinion and the Media
Canada in America’s Culture Wars
Conclusion
Chapter 4 A Story of Asymmetry: The Policy Consequences of National Images
Introduction
Economics
Security and Defense
Communications and Culture
The One-Way Mirror
The Modern Era in United States-Canada Relations
Cultural Nationalism in Canada
Economic Nationalism in Canada
United States-Canada Free Trade, 1989
The Decision to Go to War in Iraq, 2003
National Images Matter… within Limits
References
Index
Biography
Stephen Brooks is a professor at the University of Windsor, Canada. His research focuses on Canadian politics, American politics, and American foreign policy. His publications include As Others See Us: The Causes and Consequences of Foreign Perceptions of America (University of Toronto Press, 2006), American Exceptionalism in the Age of Obama (Routledge, 2013), and Anti-Americanism and the Limits of Public Diplomacy: Winning Hearts and Minds (Routledge, 2016).
