Roads to confederation : the making of Canada, 1867 / edited by Jacqueline D. Krikorian, David R. Cameron, Marcel Martel, Andrew W. McDougall and Robert C. Vipond ; with a foreword by Meric S. Gertler, Mamdouh Shoukri, and Rhonda L. Lenton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cameron, David, 1941- editor.

Krikorian, Jacqueline, editor.

Vipond, Robert Charles, editor.

Martel, Marcel, 1965- editor.

McDougall, Andrew W., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Federal government--Canada.

Federal government.

Indians of North America--Canada--Government relations.

Indians of North America.

Canada--History--Confederation, 1867.

Canada.

Canada--Politics and government--1841-1867.

Canada--Politics and government--1867-1914.

Canada--History.

Canada--English-French relations.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2 volumes)

Place of Publication:

Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 2017.

Summary:

Roads to Confederation: The Making of Canada, 1867 Volume 2 includes material that demonstrates the varied perspectives from the provinces and regions of Canada and the viewpoints of officials in Great Britain and the United States and significant works by scholars that question whether Confederation was truly a formative event.

Contents:

Cover

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments

V From Canada East to Quebec

1. The French Canadians and the Birth of Confederation

2. French Canadians and the Founding of Confederation

3. The Negation of a Nation: The Quebec Cultural Identity and Canadian Federalism

4. Canada and Its Aims, According to Macdonald, Laurier, Mackenzie King, and Trudeau

5. The French-Canadian Idea of Confederation, 1864â#x80;#x93;1900

VI The East, Ontario, and the West

1. The Life and Times of Confederation, 1864â#x80;#x93;1867

2. New Brunswickâ#x80;#x99;s Entrance into Confederation3. The Maritimes and Confederation: A Reassessment

4. The Maritimes and Confederation

5. George Brown

6. The West and Confederation

7. Promise of Eden: The Canadian Expansionist Movement and the Idea of the West, 1856â#x80;#x93;1900

VII The Geopolitics of Confederation

Confederation; or, The Political and Parliamentary History of Canada from the Conference at Quebec, in October 1864, to the Admission of British Columbia, in July 1871

2. British Policy in Canadian Confederation

3. Britainâ#x80;#x99;s Withdrawal from North America, 1864â#x80;#x93;18714. The United States and Confederation

5. Sewardâ#x80;#x99;s Attempt to Annex British Columbia, 1865â#x80;#x93;1869

VIII 1867: A Formative Event?

1. Unequal Union: Roots of Crisis in the Canadas, 1815â#x80;#x93;1873

2. On the Edge of Empire: Gender, Race and the Making of British Columbia, 1849â#x80;#x93;1871

3. The Origins of Quebec Society

4. The Liberal Order Framework: A Prospectus for a Reconnaissance of Canadian History

5. Clearing the Plains: Disease, Politics of Starvation and the Loss of Aboriginal Life

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

Print version: Roads to confederation.

ISBN:

1-4875-1502-2

1-4875-0228-1

1-4875-1501-4

OCLC:

1359028055