Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface and Acknowledgments xi
4. V From Canada East to Quebec
5. The French Canadians and the Birth of Confederation 5
6. French Canadians and the French Canadians and the Founding of Confederation” 25
7. The Negation of a Nation: The Quebec Cultural Identity and Canadian Federalism 40
8. Canada and Its Aims, According to Macdonald, Laurier, Mackenzie King, and Trudeau 68
9. The French-Canadian Idea of Confederation, 1864–1900 83
10. VI The East, Ontario, and the West
11. The Life and Times of Confederation, 1864–1867 119
12. “New Brunswick’s Entrance into Confederation” 158
13. “The Maritimes and Confederation: A Reassessment” 179
14. “The Maritimes and Confederation” 213
15. “George Brown” 219
16. The West and Confederation 231
17. Promise of Eden: The Canadian Expansionist Movement and the Idea of the West, 1856–1900 251
18. VII The Geopolitics of Confederation
19. Confederation; or, The Political and Parliamentary History of Canada from the Conference at Quebec, in October 1864, to the Admission of British Columbia, in July 1871 281
20. “British Policy in Canadian Confederation” 294
21. “Britain’s Withdrawal from North America, 1864–1871” 313
22. The United States and Confederation 328
23. “Seward’s Attempt to Annex British Columbia, 1865–1869” 348
24. VIII 1867: A Formative Event?
25. Unequal Union: Roots of Crisis in the Canadas, 1815–1873 373
26. On the Edge of Empire: Gender, Race and the Making of British Columbia, 1849–1871 386
27. The Origins of Quebec Society 396
28. “The Liberal Order Framework: A Prospectus for a Reconnaissance of Canadian History” 407
29. Clearing the Plains: Disease, Politics of Starvation and the Loss of Aboriginal Life 432
30. Copyright Permissions 463
31. Contributors 467
32. Select Bibliography 475