Excerpt from The Americanization of Canada The object of this study is to examine the development of the relations between the people of Canada and those of the United States, and to see whether their tendency has been towards unity or divergence. In such an investigation authorities have a very difi'erent value from that they would possess in tracing a definite line of historical research. Many documents that would be indispensable primary sources in other fields are here of little service. The study must be largely a matter of sidelights - oi unconscious revelation. Mere gossip becomes often more illuminating than a formal official statement, and a careless newspaper paragraph, an advertisement, or the notebook of a flying tourist may illustrate some point on which blue books are silent. Hence the seemingly desultory character of the cita. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.