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Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Professor Careless's history of Canada! which was originally published in 1953 and first published as this second edition in 1963 is an account of the emergence of the Canadian nation from the long and enduring efforts to build a community in the North American continent! separate from the United States. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.
