Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Preface ix
5. Cleaning Up the Klondike (1900–1901) 1
6. Settling Old Scores: Politics in Western Canada (1901–1902) 15
7. From “Dismal Failure” to “Magnificent Success”: Policies of DeveloDment (1901–1904) 42
8. The Politics of Progress (1901–1904) 77
9. Defending Canada’s Honour: The Alaska Boundary Tribunal (1903) 110
10. Concessions in the Klondike (1901–1905) 127
11. The Liberal Machine and the General Election of 1904 145
12. Resignation (1905) 162
13. Private Member (1905–1911) 183
14. Reciprocity (1911) 221
15. The Commission of Conservation (1909–1921) 236
16. Through the Great War (1911–1918) 264
17. The Closing Decade (1919–1929) 293
18. Epilogue 339
19. Appendix 1 345
20. Appendix 2 346
21. Note on Sources 348
22. Bibliography 350
23. Abbreviations 368
24. Notes 369
25. Index 423