10. Amending the Constitution

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. 1. Introduction: ‘The Hard Light of History’ 1
5. Part One 1820–1850: Reformers and Responsible Government
6. 2. Reform versus Loyalism: Two Canadian Myths 21
7. 3. Strangers in Their Own Land 33
8. 4. A Federal Constitution: Reformers and the Empire 42
9. 5. Myths of Responsible Government 57
10. Part Two 1850–1890: The Confederation Compact
11. 6. ‘One Great Confederation’ 75
12. 7. Confederation: The Untold Story 87
13. 8. Je me souviens: The Great Fight for Responsible Government, Part III 109
14. 9. Peoples and Pacts 124
15. Part Three 1890–1940: Forgetting the Compact
16. 10. Amending the Constitution 147
17. 11. Centralist Revolution 161
18. 12. Continentalism, Imperialism, Nationalism 181
19. 13. English Canada Forgets 200
20. Part Four 1940–1982: Continentalism and Nationalisms
21. 14. The New Canadian Nationalism 215
22. 15. Canadian Nationalists and the Quiet Revolution 236
23. 16. A Historic Blunder: Trudeau and Patriation 258
24. 17. Conclusion: Getting It Wrong, Putting It Right 277
25. Notes 293
26. Index 319