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Historical Dictionary of Canada, Third Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. It includes over 700 cross-referenced entries on a wide range of topics, covering the broad sweep of Canadian history from long before European contact until present day.
List of contents
Editor's Foreword (Jon Woronoff)
Preface
Acknowledgements
Reader's Note
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Maps
CanadaEastern North America, 1763First Nations of Eastern North AmericaSan Juan Boundary DisputeThe Alaska BoundaryNunavut Chronology
Introduction
The Dictionary
Appendix: Governors General, Prime Ministers, and Colonial Governors of Canada
Bibliography
About the Authors
About the author
Stephen Azzi is director of the Clayton H. Riddell Graduate Program in Political Management at Carleton University, where he is associate professor of political management, history, and political science. He is author of Walter Gordon and the Rise of Canadian Nationalism (1999) and Reconcilable Differences: A History of Canada-US Relations (2015), as well as several articles on Canadian, American, and Italian history.
Barry M. Gough is professor emeritus of Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, and adjunct professor of history at the Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario. His Canada (1975) was published in the Modern Nations in Historical Perspective Series (Prentice Hall), edited by Robin W. Winks. He's the author of several books First across the Continent: Sir Alexander Mackenzie (1997), Fighting Sail on Lake Huron and Georgian Bay: The War of 1812 and Its Aftermath (2002), and Fortune's a River: Collision of Empires in Northwest America (2007).
Summary
Historical Dictionary of Canada, Third Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. It includes over 700 cross-referenced entries on a wide range of topics, covering the broad sweep of Canadian history from long before European contact until present day.
