Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction: Canada and the World in 1867 1
4. Part One: Perspectives from the Americas
5. 1 Confederation Unknown? Latin American Views on the Emergence of Canada in 1867 27
6. 2 The 1867 Union of the British North American Colonies: A View from the United States 47
7. 3 “Such Bastard Despotism”: Fenian Views of Canadian Confederation 61
8. 4 Confederation Comes at a Cost: Indigenous Peoples and the Ongoing Reality of Colonialism in Canada 79
9. Part Two: Perspectives from Europe
10. 5 The View from the Quirinal: The Holy See and Confederation 97
11. 6 Model and Anomaly: The Canadian Confederation Seen from France, 1864–1871 110
12. 7 War Was? Habsburg Perspectives on Canadian Federation 127
13. 8 Canadian Lessons, Roads Not Taken: Spanish Views on Confederation 143
14. Part Three: Perspectives from Britain and the Empire
15. 9 British Views of Canada at the Time of Confederation 161
16. 10 The Impact of Canadian Confederation in Ireland 178
17. 11 Distant Relations: Australian Perspectives on Canadian Federation 194
18. 12 The Delinquent Colony: The New Zealand Press and Canadian Confederation 210
19. 13 “The Word Is Steeped in Blood and Violence”: Canadian-Style Federation in Southern Africa 226
20. 14 The Federation Idea in the British West Indies and Canadian Confederation 242
21. Contributors 257
22. Index 261