A Concise History of Canada

ISBN-13: 9781108498463 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 352 str.

Margaret (University of New Brunswick) Conrad

Opis

A new edition of Margaret Conrad's lucid account of the diverse, complex, and often contested nation-state of Canada.

Recenzje

'A concise but masterful overview of the nation's past by one of Canada's most respected historians. Margaret Conrad pulls the big themes out of a complex history of a country whose identity has always been contested.' Greg Marquis, Department of History and Politics, University of New Brunswick Saint John

Spis treści

Introduction: a cautious country; 1. Since time immemorial; 2. Natives and newcomers, 1000–1661; 3. New France, 1661–1744; 4. The struggle for a continent, 1744–1763; 5. A revolutionary age, 1763–1815; 6. The great northwest, 1763–1849; 7. Transatlantic communities, 1815–1849; 8. Coming together, 1849–1885; 9. Making progress, 1885–1914; 10. Hanging on, 1914–1945; 11. Liberalism ascendant, 1945–1984; 12. Anxious times, 1984–2015; 13. Where are We Now?