  {"id":23014,"date":"2017-06-26T11:30:42","date_gmt":"2017-06-26T15:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/?p=23014"},"modified":"2024-08-09T07:42:03","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T11:42:03","slug":"history-prof-wins-canadian-historical-associations-political-history-prize-best-book-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/2017\/history-prof-wins-canadian-historical-associations-political-history-prize-best-book-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"History Prof Wins Canadian Historical Association&#039;s Political History Prize for Best Book of 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        History Prof Wins Canadian Historical Association&#039;s Political History Prize for Best Book of 2016\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-thumbnail wp-image-22852\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/L46JI-3BRHWT4_littp_01-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"professor Paul Litt\" class=\"wp-image-22852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/L46JI-3BRHWT4_littp_01-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/L46JI-3BRHWT4_littp_01-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/L46JI-3BRHWT4_littp_01-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/L46JI-3BRHWT4_littp_01-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/L46JI-3BRHWT4_littp_01.jpg 1333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption>Professor Paul Litt<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/Trudeaumania.jpg\" alt=\"Trudeaumania Book Cover\" class=\"wp-image-23048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/Trudeaumania.jpg 333w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/Trudeaumania-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/people\/paul-r-litt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Professor&nbsp;Paul&nbsp;Litt<\/a>&nbsp;(<a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Department of History<\/a>&nbsp;and <a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/canadianstudies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies<\/a>) has been awarded the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cha-shc.ca\/english\/what-we-do\/cha-prizes\/political-history-prize-best-book.html#sthash.pq14HqDw.Pwji95QV.dpbs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canadian Historical Association&#8217;s coveted Political History Prize for Best Book of 2017<\/a>. Litt has received the award for his celebrated 2016 UBC Press released <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ubcpress.ca\/search\/title_book.asp?BookID=299175488\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Trudeaumania<\/em><\/a>. <em>Trudeaumania<\/em> delivers a spirited account of the phenomenon that swept Canada during the iconic rise of Pierre Trudeau. Through its&nbsp;review of the cultural history of an era characterized by a passionate quest for a rejuvenated, modern nation, <em>Trudeaumania<\/em> is a vital read for anyone interested in Canada past or present. The CHA Best Book prize is awarded annually for &#8220;an outstanding, well-written book judged to have made an original, significant, and meritorious contribution to the field of Canadian political history.&#8221; <strong>Learn more about Professor Litt&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/story\/history-professor-on-trudeaumania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Trudeaumania<\/em><\/a>.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"media-coverage\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Media Coverage<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canadashistory.ca\/Explore\/Books\/Trudeaumania\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Double book review: Trudeaumania<\/a>, <em>Canada&#8217;s History <\/em>Here are two very good books, published simultaneously on the same subject \u2014 the ascendancy of Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/insight\/2016\/09\/17\/how-tv-made-pierre-trudeau-a-celebrity-and-political-force.html\">How TV made Pierre Trudeau a celebrity and political force<\/a>, <em>Toronto Star&nbsp;<\/em>The powerful medium loved him, giving him an edge over his 1968 rivals and turning him into a celebrity, writes Paul Litt in this excerpt from Trudeaumania.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hilltimes.com\/2016\/09\/12\/an-anniversary-within-an-anniversary\/79919\">Pierre Trudeau\u2019s stalwart defence of federalism gave Canada hope<\/a>, <em>Hill Times <\/em>When Trudeau the Younger said \u2018Canada is back,\u2019 it was his father\u2019s Canada that he was invoking. Canada\u2019s formative 1960s are already commemorated in our current choice of a prime minister.<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/arts\/books-and-media\/book-reviews\/review-two-new-books-about-trudeaumania-paint-a-portrait-of-an-extraordinary-man-and-an-extraordinary-time\/article32361014\/\">Book Review: Two new books about Trudeaumania paint a portrait of an extraordinary man<\/a>, <em>Globe and Mail <\/em>Two history professors take stock of Trudeaumania<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/ottawa\/programs\/ottawamorning\/trudeaumania-book-1.3808122\">Trudeaumania Book<\/a>, <em>CBC Ottawa, Morning of October 17th It took just a few short months for a relatively unknown politician to become Canada\u2019s new Prime Minister. <\/em><\/li><li>Hour 1 of Ottawa Now with Evan Solomon from October 17th, 2016 (link no longer available)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=na87I3R12CM\">Trudeaumania, 1968<\/a>, <em>TVO The Agenda with Steve Paiken, October 19th, 2016 <\/em>The euphoria over the election of Justin Trudeau and early days of a young, new government, hearken back to 1968.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trudeaumania, 1968\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/na87I3R12CM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor&nbsp;Paul&nbsp;Litt&nbsp;(Department of History&nbsp;and School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies) has been awarded the Canadian Historical Association&#8217;s coveted Political History Prize for Best Book of 2017. Litt has received the award for his celebrated 2016 UBC Press released Trudeaumania. Trudeaumania delivers a spirited account of the phenomenon that swept Canada during the iconic rise of Pierre [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[288,70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awards","category-history"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23014"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34073,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23014\/revisions\/34073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}