Valerie Knowles
Autor de Strangers At Our Gates: Canadian Immigration and Immigration Policy, 1540-1997
Sobre El Autor
Montreal-born Valerie Knowles has an M.A. (History) from McGill University. In addition to writing for newspapers, magazines, and federal government departments, she has taught history and worked as an archivist
Obras de Valerie Knowles
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- Canada
- Lugares de residencia
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Miembros
Reseñas
Premios
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 11
- Miembros
- 86
- Popularidad
- #213,013
- Valoración
- 3.8
- Reseñas
- 1
- ISBNs
- 29
On the other hand, the author often appears to be copying what she's read in source material without fully understanding it herself. There are references to issues which are left unexplained and often out-dated terminology is used. At times, the writing is very difficult to follow because it doesn't make sense out of context. I often felt I was reading a high school term paper, where the student didn't appreciate the siginificance of what s/he was reporting. Unreliable narrators have a place in fiction, but not in biography.… (más)