This edited collection offers a broad reinterpretation of the origins of Canada. Drawing on cutting-edge research in a number of fields, it explores the vigorously contested development of British North America from the mid-eighteenth century through the aftermath of Confederation

Elizabeth Mancke is Canada Research Chair in Atlantic Canada Studies in the Department of History at the University of New Brunswick.
Bannister Jerry :

Jerry Bannister teaches History and Canadian Studies at Dalhousie University.
McKim Denis B. :

Denis McKim teaches in the History Department at Douglas College.
See Scott W. :

Scott W. See is Libra Professor Emeritus and former chair of the University of Maine’s History Department.

"An outstanding volume, Violence, Order, and Unrest will be immensely useful to historians of early Canada, and the writing quality and variety of essay topics are such that the book is likely to attract many non-specialist readers."