A Reader's Guide to Canadian History 1 : Beginnings to Confederation / D.A. Muise.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Muise, D.A., Editor.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canada--History--Bibliography.

Canada.

Genre:

History.

Bibliographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 pages)

Other Title:

Canada since 1867.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Six experts guide the reader through the maze of historical writing about pre-Confederation Canada with a critical assessment of the best and most useful articles, papers, and books that have been published.

Contents:

Cover; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; A NOTE FOR READERS; Canada during the French regime CORNELIUS J. JAENEN; Bibliographies and reference works; Published documents; Pamphlets and journals; Historiography; Religious life and institutions; Seigneurial system; Frontier thesis; Exploration; Biography; Government and institutions; Demography; Economic development; Society and culture; French-Amerindian relations; Military history and the Conquest; Conclusions; Quebec, 1760-1867 FERNAND OUELLET; Bibliographies and reference works; The two historiographies: general works and major themes

French-Canadian historiography- The traditional nationalist school: 'La survivance';

The neo-nationalist school: the shock of 1760;

From social-economic to global history;

The Marxist-nationalist school; English-Canadian historiography;

The Laurentian school;

The liberal school; Economic history; Historical demography; Social history; Religious history; From intellectual history to socio-cultural research; Political and constitutional history; The Atlantic provinces D.A. MUISE; The nineteenth-century tradition; Bibliographies and other guides; Periodicals; General approaches

Native peoples of the Atlantic regionAtlantic Canada before the Conquest: the Acadians; Louisbourg; Newfoundland prior to the Conquest; Early British administration and the American Revolution; Immigration and settlement; Politics; Religion; Education; Economic development; Social and intellectual history; Upper Canada J.K. JOHNSON; General works; Bibliographical works; Periodicals and serial publications; Population, land, and settlement; Local and urban history; War, rebellion, and border raids; Religion and education; Economic development; Social and intellectual history; Biography

Government and politicsThe north, the western interior, and the Pacific coast DAVID RICHESON; Bibliographies; Journals and periodicals; Interpretations; Arctic exploration; Native peoples; The fur trade; General; New France; Hudson's Bay Company; North West Company; The Selkirk Settlement; The Metis; The fur trade after 1821; The Pacific coast; Travellers' narratives and survey reports; Conclusion; Britain and British North America before Confederation PHILLIP BUCKNER; Introduction and general works; Canadian historiography and the British empire; Imperial historiography and Canada

Bibliographical aids and documentary collectionsExploration and imperial rivalries; British expansion into Canada; Anglo-French conflict; The Seven Years' War; Integration and disintegration of the first empire; Imperial policy after the Conquest; The American Revolution and the empire; The Loyalists; The British North American colonies and the second empire; British attitudes to the second empire; The colonial reformers and Durham reassessed; Colonial Office policy prior to the rebellions; The transition to responsible government; The implications of responsible government

Notes:

Vol. 2 previously published as: Canada since 1867. Second edition 1977.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)

ISBN:

1-4875-7666-8

OCLC:

1129158678