University of Manitoba Press Authorized Heritage: Place, Memory, and Historic Sites in Prairie Canada

About the Author Robert Coutts worked as a historian with Parks Canada for over thirty years, researching historic sites throughout western and northern Canada. He is the author of The Road to the Rapids: Nineteenth Century Church and Society at St. Andrew’s Parish, Red River and is the editor of the journal Prairie History. Product Description null Review "Authorized Heritage is a vital addition to Canadian public history. It will be required reading for anyone concerned with the development of the Canadian state's role in the commemorative history of Canada and in particular that of the eastern prairies. Equally important, Authorized Heritage offers a retrospective, balanced, and thoughtful account of the work of Parks Canada from someone who has spent decades in the trenches."--Tom Mitchell "Prairie History""Coutts's work is an invaluable source for both learning and teaching about the ways in which Canadian settler colonial mythology is written into our landscape and built heritage, as well as ways in which this mythology can also be challenged so that a more inclusive and realistic portrayal of Canadian history can emerge."--Jessica M. DeWitt "Canadian Journal of History"In Authorized Heritage, Coutts uses his three decades of experience working with Parks Canada to examine the colonial history of commemoration at Canada's heritage sites. Further, he explores how governments have controlled what is and is not considered heritage across history.--Zoë LeBrun "The Manitoban"