Roads to Confederation: The Making of Canada, 1867, Volume 2

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Roads to Confederation surveys the way in which scholars from different disciplines, writing in different periods, viewed the Confederation process and the making of Canada. Recognizing that Confederation has been traditionally defined as a process affecting only British North America's Anglophone and Francophone communities, Roads to Confederation offers a broader approach to the making of Canada, and includes scholarship written over 145 years. Volume 2 of this collection focuses on three major themes. It presents research from the perspective of Canada's regions, with one chapter focusing exclusively on the competing understandings of 1867 from the perspective of Quebec. Next, it includes material pertaining to the geopolitical underpinnings of 1867 that addresses the relationship between Confederation, the U.S. Civil War and American expansionism, Great Britain and war in the European theatre. Also included is leading scholarship by Stanley B. Ryerson, Adele Perry, Fernand Dumond, Ian McKay and James W. Daschuk that questions whether Confederation itself was a formative event. Together with its companion volume, this is an invaluable resource for those who wish to deepen their understanding of the historical foundations on which Canada rests. 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, 1864–1900 VI The East, Ontario, and the West 1. The Life and Times of Confederation, 1864–1867 2. New Brunswick’s Entrance into Confederation 3. 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, 1856–1900 VII The Geopolitics of Confederation 1. 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. Britain’s Withdrawal from North America, 1864–1871 4. The United States and Confederation 5. Seward’s Attempt to Annex British Columbia, 1865–1869 VIII 1867: A Formative Event? 1. Unequal Union: Roots of Crisis in the Canadas, 1815–1873 2. On the Edge of Empire: Gender, Race and the Making of British Columbia, 1849–1871 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 Copyright Permissions Contributors Select Bibliography