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Gordon shows that while individual memory is crucial to establishing and maintaining identity, public memory is contested terrain - official customs and traditions, monuments, historic sites, and the celebration of anniversaries and festivals serve to order individual and collective perceptions of the past. Public memory is therefore the product of competitions and ideas about the past that are fashioned in a public sphere and speak primarily about structures of power. It conscripts historical events in a bid to guide shared memories into a coherent narrative that helps individuals negotiate their place in broader collective identities. The contest over public memories involves an exclusiveness that packages "others" according to the ideological preferences of the dominant cultures. Gordon shows that in Montreal ethnic, class, and gender voices strove to stake their own claims to legitimacy. Rather than acknowledging a single past, Montreal's many publics made and celebrated many public memories.

Historians have long engaged in passionate debate about collective memory and the building of national identities. This book focuses on one national hero – Jacques Cartier – to explore how notions about the past have been created and passed on through the generations and used to present particular ideas about the world in English- and French-speaking Canada.The cult of celebrity surrounding Cartier by the mid-nineteenth century, Gordon reveals, reflected a particular understanding of history, one which accompanied the arrival of modernity in North America. This new sensibility, in turn, shaped the political and cultural currents of nation building in Canada. Cartier may have been a point of contact between English and French Canadian nationalism, but the nature of that contact, as Gordon shows, had profound limitations. The Hero and the Historians is necessary reading for anyone interested in the underlying culture of national identity – and national unity – in Canada.

Historians have long engaged in passionate debate about collective memory and the building of national identities. This book focuses on one national hero – Jacques Cartier – to explore how notions about the past have been created and passed on through the generations and used to present particular ideas about the world in English- and French-speaking Canada.The cult of celebrity surrounding Cartier by the mid-nineteenth century, Gordon reveals, reflected a particular understanding of history, one which accompanied the arrival of modernity in North America. This new sensibility, in turn, shaped the political and cultural currents of nation building in Canada. Cartier may have been a point of contact between English and French Canadian nationalism, but the nature of that contact, as Gordon shows, had profound limitations. The Hero and the Historians is necessary reading for anyone interested in the underlying culture of national identity – and national unity – in Canada.

In the 1960s, Canadians could step through time to eighteenth-century trading posts or nineteenth-century pioneer towns. These living history museums promised authentic reconstructions of the past but, as Time Travel shows, they revealed more about mid-twentieth-century interests and perceptions of history than they reflected historical fact.An appetite for commercial tourism led to the rise of living history museums. They became important components of economic growth, especially as part of government policy to promote regional economic diversity and employment. Alan Gordon explores how these museums were shaped by post-war pressures, personality conflicts, funding challenges, and the need to balance education and entertainment. Ultimately, the rise of the living history museum is linked to the struggle to establish a pan-Canadian identity in the context of multiculturalism, competing anglophone and francophone nationalisms, First Nations resistance, and the growth of the state.

In the 1960s, Canadians could step through time to eighteenth-century trading posts or nineteenth-century pioneer towns. These living history museums promised authentic reconstructions of the past but, as Time Travel shows, they revealed more about mid-twentieth-century interests and perceptions of history than they reflected historical fact.An appetite for commercial tourism led to the rise of living history museums. They became important components of economic growth, especially as part of government policy to promote regional economic diversity and employment. Alan Gordon explores how these museums were shaped by post-war pressures, personality conflicts, funding challenges, and the need to balance education and entertainment. Ultimately, the rise of the living history museum is linked to the struggle to establish a pan-Canadian identity in the context of multiculturalism, competing anglophone and francophone nationalisms, First Nations resistance, and the growth of the state.

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Kui keha kogeb vigastust, genereerib aju valutunde. Vahel juhtub aga nii, et ajus kiilub "valulüliti" kinni, tekitades põrgulikku valu, mis keeldub taandumast. Psühhoterapeut Alan Gordoni eestvedamisel välja töötatud valu ümbertöötlemise teraapia aitab kroonilise valu seljatada.Kraadiõppe teisel aastal tabas Gordonit äge alaseljavalu, mis pööras tema elu pea peale. Auditooriumide kõvad istmed tegid talle sellist põrgupiina, et ta oli sunnitud ostma pehme seljatoega tooli ning kärutama seda enda kannul ühest klassiruumist teise. Lõhkuv valu viis ta kolme juhtiva spetsialisti juurde, kellest üks ütles, et valu põhjuseks on lülivaheketta väljasopistus, teine väitis, et sümptomid on tingitud diski degeneratsioonist ning kolmas seletas, et ta on lihtsalt liiga pikk. Lühemaks ta end teha ei suutnud, küll aga sai proovitud kõiki teisi meetodeid: füsioteraapiat, biotagasisidet, nõelravi, punktmassaazhi jne. Tolku polnud ühestki.Tegelikult esineb enamikul meist lülivaheketta väljasopistumisi, diski degeneratsiooni ja artriiti. Need on normaalsed struktuursed muutused ega tekita enamasti valu. Ajakirja New England Journal of Medicine üks uurimus tõi välja, et tervelt 64% seljavaluta inimestel esineb lülivaheketta väljasopistusi, degeneratsiooni ja teisi ajaga kaasnevaid paratamatuid muutusi. Vaid imikutel on täiuslikud lülisambad.Gordon on veendunud, et kroonilise valu puhul on enamasti tegu neuroplastilise valuga. Kui tavaline valu on põhjustatud keha kahjustumisest, siis valu, mis püsib ka pärast vigastuse paranemist, või valu, millel selge füüsiline põhjus puudub, on enamasti neuroplastiline. Kusjuures lõviosa kroonilisest valust - olgu see siis pea-, kõhu-, vaagna-, liigese-, närvi-, soole ärritussündroomi või ülekoormusvigastusega seotud valu - on neuroplastilise loomuga. Ja selle raviks tuleb võtta sihikule aju, mitte keha.Raamat "Kroonilisest valust vabaks" räägib kõigest sellest, mida on vaja teada, et end valu ümbertöötlemise teraapia abil aidata. Esmalt selgitatavad autorid neuroplastilise valu olemust ja selle kujunemist. Seejärel võetakse ette konkreetsed tehnikad, mis aitavad valutsüklist välja murda ning sümptomid seljatada. Kõige selle sekka on pikitud hulga näiteid, analoogiaid ja patsientide lugusid.Olgu mainitud, et Gordonil on jätkuvalt väljasopistunud diskid ning kunagi armutut peavalu põhjustanud tserebrospinaalvedeliku rõhk on endiselt kõrge. Küllap pole kuhugi kadunud ka osaliselt rebenenud rotaatormansett. Kuid valust on ta prii ja seda tänu aastate jooksul lihvitud valu ümbertöötlemise teraapia tehnikate kogumile.Usutavasti olete te juba proovinud kõiki teisi võtteid. Sestap pole muud, kui avatud meelega raamat kätte võtta ning vaadata, mis juhtub.