Two Nations: An Essay on the Culture and Politics of Canada and Quebec in a World of American Pre-eminence (also published as Deux Pays Pour Vivre: Un Plaidoyer) calls into question "a certain model of industrialized society, focused on unlimited growth and where power is the privilege of a few". For the authors, cultural domination is the ultimate form of imperialism that the people of Quebec - and Canada - must free themselves from.

This book is the product of an unusual and very fruitful collaboration between two writers: one, a young anglophone critic who has been active in cultural affairs in Canada for more than a decade; the other, a distinguished Quebec scholar and historian. Together, they address questions about the survival of English-Canadian and Quebec society and culture which are usually discussed in isolation by each of the “two nations.” The result is a book which offers a new perspective on this important subject.

Susan Crean and Marcel Rioux share a commitment to the idea that the independent cultural and economic life of both English Canada and Quebec must be strong if each is to survive as a political and social entity. They believe that the fundamental issue for both “nations” in Canada is addressing the challenge that the United States poses to their independent existence. That challenge is as strong on the cultural front, in the penetration of U.S. content in the arts and the media, as it is on the economic front, where foreign control over large sectors of Canada’s economy remains.