J. M. S. Careless

Canada

A Story of Challenge

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An account of the emergence of the Canadian nation's efforts to build a community in the North American continent, separate from the United States.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Revised
• Seitenzahl: 492
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 587g
• ISBN-13: 9781107675810
• ISBN-10: 1107675812
• Artikelnr.: 34751351

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. The Background: 1. Geography sets the stage
2. The actors appear
Part II. New France: 3. The building of New France, 1534-1663
4. Royal government and expansion, 1663-1702
5. The life of New France, 1663-1760
6. The struggle of empires, 1702-60
Part III. The British North American Colonies: 7. The age of the American Revolution, 1760-91
8. The shaping of British North America, 1791-1821
9. Immigration, development and the pioneer age, 1815-37
10. The demand for reform, 1815-37
11. Self-government within the Empire, 1837-50
12. The question of union, 1846-60
13. The path to confederation, 1860-7
Part IV. The Canadian Nation: 14. The new dominion, 1867-78
15. Macdonald, nationalism and sectional discontent, 1878-96
16. Lautner and Canada's century, 1896-1914
17. The achievement of nationhood, 1914-39
18. Canada between two world wars, 1919-39
19. The maturing nation, 1939-50
20. Canada in the latest age
Index.