Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction vii
4. English Attitudes to Colonial Affairs
5. The State of Public and Parliamentary Opinion 1
6. The Influence of Party Politics 5
7. Parliament and the Canadian Crusts 9
8. The Uses of a Colonial Journal 15
9. Commercial Value of Colonies
10. Colonial Trade and Investment 19
11. Colonies: Profit or Loss? 24
12. Imperial Protection or Free Trade? 32
13. Systematic Colonization
14. Wakefield’s Theory Summarized 43
15. Advantages of Colonization 45
16. The Role of Government in Emigration 50
17. Colonial Land Administration 57
18. Evils of Land Administration in British North America 60
19. The Relevance of Systematic Colonization to Canada 67
20. Government and Colonization 72
21. Land Administration and Imperial Relations 74
22. Facets of Imperial Administration
23. Colonial Office Rule 80
24. Patronage 91
25. Colonial Governors: Their Appointment and Functions 92
26. Colonlal Expenditure 97
27. The Canadian Crlsis
28. Lord John Russell’s Resolutions 107
29. Causes of The Rebellions 114
30. Parliament Debates the Crisis 123
31. Reception of the Durham Report 128
32. Union of the Canadas and the French-Canadian Question 133
33. Responsible Government in Theory and Practice
34. The Defects of Representative Government 139
35. The Meaning of Responsible Government 145
36. Colonial Self-Government and Imperial Relations 154
37. The Introduction of Responsible Government, 1839-1849 160
38. The Future of the British Empire in North America
39. The Forces of Separation and Imperial Unity 175
40. Colonial Representation 182
41. Relations with the United States 188
42. American Annexation or Canadtan Confederation? 200
43. Suggestions for Further Reading 213
44. Note on the Editor 215
45. Index 217