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Life & Times of Confederation 1864-1867

Life & Times of Confederation 1864-1867

Politics, Newspapers & the Union of British North America

by P B Waite
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/01/2010

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Peter Waite's book on the events leading up to the 1867 Confederation of British North American colonies has long been regarded as a classic, one of the best and liveliest on the subject. Newspapers were a mirror of life; all the world, Thackeray wrote, is in the newspaper. They were a transcript of life and society, imperfect no doubt, but vital and invigorating for all that. Men and women, life and politics, murder and mayhem, were the fare, and in retailing that they could be frank, forthright and wickedly partisan. If they were observers, they were also participants, shaping public opinion according to their several views of British North America's destiny. Public opinion, especially in the eastern colonies, was divided about whether Confederation was desirable, and even more so about whether the form of it, devised in 1864 in two sunny summer weeks at Charlottetown and three rainy ones at Quebec, was the best that British North American union might take. Newspapers could not of themselves shape public reactions, though they often acted as if they could.
Certain it is that on the 1st of July 1867 the Province of Canada (today's Ontario and Quebec) and Nova Scotia and New Brunswick were united to form a new nation, soon to be joined by the Northwest, by British Columbia and Prince Edward island, creating the Dominion of Canada. This book will appeal to all with an interest in Canadian history and in this seminal period in our national life.
ISBN:
9781896941233
9781896941233
Category:
History of the Americas
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
01-01-2010
Language:
English
Publisher:
Robin Brass Studio
Country of origin:
Canada
Edition:
3rd Edition
Pages:
448
Dimensions (mm):
150x230x29mm
Weight:
0.69kg

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