The illustrated history of Canada / edited by Craig Brown.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brown, Robert Craig.

Series:

Carleton library series ; 226.

Carleton library series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Canada--History.

Canada.

Canada--History--Pictorial works.

Genre:

Pictorial works.

Illustrated works.

Physical Description:

632 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits (some color) ; 24 cm.

Edition:

Twenty-fifth anniversary edition.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2012]

Summary:

Originally published in 1987, The Illustrated History of Canada was the first comprehensive, authoritative one-volume history of the country. It featured chapters by seven of Canada's leading historians and hundreds of engravings, lithographs, cartoons, maps, posters, and photographs. Together, these elements created a sweeping chronicle of Canada from its earliest times to current events.

Now The Illustrated History of Canada has been fully updated to bring readers into the twenty-first century, with new material on topics such as the rise of small government, the recognition of Native land claims, Canada's role in the post-Cold War "peace," and the 2011 federal election.

The Illustrated History of Canada is a must-have reference guide for all Canadians interested in the history-and the future-of our country. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 When Two Worlds Met Arthur Ray 1

Chapter 2 Colonization and Conflict: New France and its Rivals (1600-1760) Christopher Moore 95

Chapter 3 On the Margins of Empire (1760-1840) Graeme Wynn 181

Chapter 4 Between Three Oceans: Challenges of a Continental Destiny (1840-1900) Peter Waite 277

Chapter 5 The Triumph and Trials of Materialism (1900-1945) Ramsay Cook 377

Chapter 6 Strains of Affluence (1945-2000) Desmond Morton 473.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780773540897

077354089X

OCLC:

808199894