| The Confederation Debates in the Province of Canada, 1865: Volume 206 Contributor(s): Waite, P. B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0773530932 ISBN-13: 9780773530935 Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2006 Annotation: Between 3 February and 13 March 1865, the Parliament of the Province of Canada debated the negotiated confederation of British colonies on the Atlantic seaboard, aimed at creating a union from Newfoundland to Lake Superior. As a public information exercise, legislators decided to produce a near-verbatim account of their deliberations. Peter Waite has made a selection of the most interesting and revelatory parts of the resulting thousand-page tome, making it easier to access one of the most important sources for early Canadian history. In The Confederation Debates in the Province of Canada, 1865, John A. Macdonald presses for the advantages of a strong central power; Alexander Galt puts forward the economic arguments for union; and critics of confederation, Christopher Dunkin and A.A. Dorion, express their misgivings with prophetic insight. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Canada - Pre-confederation (to 1867) |
| Dewey: 342.710 |
| Series: Carleton Library |
| Physical Information: 0.46" H x 6.08" W x 9" (0.63 lbs) 184 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: As a public information exercise, legislators decided to produce a near-verbatim account of these deliberations. The authors have selected the most interesting and revelatory parts of the resulting 1000 page tome, making it easier to access one of the most important sources for early Canadian history. |
Contributor Bio(s): Waite, P. B.: - CA |