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category: Social Science
published: Apr 1998
ISBN:9781926662664
publisher: Between the Lines

The Mountie from Dime Novel to Disney

by Michael Dawson

tagged: popular culture
Description

Historian Michael Dawson digs deep into the written and pictorial record to reveal how the RCMP, since its inception, has constructed and zealously guarded its public image. Drawing on previously untapped sources, Dawson documents how consultants and entrepreneurs deliberately transformed and modernized the traditional symbolism of the Mountie. His trenchant analysis extends to the ironies of the recent licensing of the hallowed Mountie image to the ultimate dream-merchants?Disney.

About the Author

Michael Dawson

Contributor Notes

Michael Dawson is a professor of history at St. Thomas University in Fredericton, New Brunswick.

Editorial Review

“A fascinating account of the Mountie’s history as national symbol.”

— Geoff Pevere, Canadian Dimension

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