Canada's founding debates

Canada's founding debates

by Ajzenstat, Janet

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This book is about the process that brought together six out of the seven territories of British North America in the years 1864-73 to form a country called Canada. It presents excerpts from the debates on Confederation in all of the colonial parliaments from Newfoundland to British Columbia and in the constituent assembly of the Red River Colony. The voices of the powerful and those of lesser note mingle in impassioned debate on the pros and cons of creating or joining the new country, and in …

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Canada's founding debates / edited by Janet Ajzenstat [and others].

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This book is about the process that brought together six out of the seven territories of British North America in the years 1864-73 to form a country called Canada. It presents excerpts from the debates on Confederation in all of the colonial parliaments from Newfoundland to British Columbia and in the constituent assembly of the Red River Colony. The voices of the powerful and those of lesser note mingle in impassioned debate on the pros and cons of creating or joining the new country, and in defining its nature.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2003.
  • Edition:Paperback ed

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Notes

Includes index.

The Physical Object

  • Description:x, 502 pages : : illustrations, maps ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0802086071, 9780802086075
  • oclc:ocm51631148
  • LC Classification:F1032
  • Dewey Decimal:971.04/9

Table of Contents

What they said about liberty -- What they said about opportunity -- What they said about identity -- What they said about the new nationality -- How to make a constitution.

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Subjects

Canada Canada -- Sources. -- Histoire -- 1841-… Canada -- Sources. -- Histoire -- 1867 … Canada -- Sources. -- Histoire constitu… Canada -- Sources. -- History -- 1841-1… Canada -- Sources. -- History -- Confed… Canada -- Sources. -- Politics and gove… Canada -- Sources. -- Politics and gove… Canada -- Sources. -- Politique et gouv… Canada -- Sources. -- Politique et gouv… Confederation of Canada (1867) Constitutional history Constitutional history -- Sources. -- C… Gründung Histoire constitutionnelle -- Sources. … History Kanada Politics and government Sources Staat

Writers

Ajzenstat, Janet

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