{"id":15516,"date":"2016-10-21T10:33:46","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T14:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/?p=15516"},"modified":"2024-07-03T19:53:01","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T23:53:01","slug":"paul-litts-new-book-trudeaumania-focus-much-media-attention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/2016\/paul-litts-new-book-trudeaumania-focus-much-media-attention\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Litt&#8217;s new book Trudeaumania is the focus of much media attention"},"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                        Paul Litt&#8217;s new book Trudeaumania is the focus of much media attention\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/Trudeaumania-240x360.jpg\" alt=\"book cover of Trudeaumania book with four different photos of Pierre Trudeau\" class=\"wp-image-15382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/Trudeaumania-240x360.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/Trudeaumania-160x240.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/Trudeaumania.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor <a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/people\/paul-r-litt\/\">Paul Litt<\/a>, professor in the School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies and the Department of History, has been featured in several news articles due to interest in his new book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ubcpress.ca\/search\/title_book.asp?BookID=299175488\"><em>Trudeaumania,<\/em><\/a> published by UBC Press. Click on the links below for the full stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<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<\/em><br><br>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>\n\n\n\n<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<br><br><\/em>When Trudeau the Younger said &#8216;Canada is back,&#8217; 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>\n\n\n\n<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<br><br><\/em>Two history professors take stock of Trudeaumania<em><br><br><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<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<br><br>It took just a few short months for a relatively unknown politician to become Canada&#8217;s new Prime Minister.<br><br><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hour 1 of Ottawa Now with Evan Solomon from October 17th, 2016 (link no longer available)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=na87I3R12CM\">Trudeaumania, 1968<\/a>, <em>TVO The Agenda with Steve Paiken, October 19th, 2016<br><br><\/em>The euphoria over the election of Justin Trudeau and early days of a young, new government, hearken back to 1968.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Upcoming Interview with the Hill Times will be published on Monday, October 24th, 2016.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Paul Litt, professor in the School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies and the Department of History, has been featured in several news articles due to interest in his new book, Trudeaumania, published by UBC Press. 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