Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 3
5. Part One
6. Canada under British Rules 1760–1900 25
7. Canada's History Class 47
8. The History of Canada from Discovery to the Present Day 69
9. The History of French Canada since Discovery 103
10. The Constitution of Canada 140
11. Canada and Its Provinces 158
12. Part two
13. The Old Province of Quebec 181
14. French Canada and the Early Decades of British Rule, 1760–1791 191
15. The Quebec Act: A Magnanimous Concession, or a Self-Interested Gesture? 205
16. Canadian Historical Controversies 221
17. The French Canadians, 1760–1791 236
18. Background for a New Approach to the 1791 Constitution 255
19. A History of Canada 280
20. The Union of the Canadas: A New Conquest? 299
21. The Pattern of Union, 1840–1841 307
22. Second Capitulation of the French Canadians, 1839–1842 320
23. Bibliography 335
24. Biographical Notes 337
25. Index 345