Contents
1 Native Land
First Peoples
First Encounters
2 Land for the Taking
Huronia and the Iroquois Wars
The Survival of New France
Royal Government
3 Expansion and Consolidation
Europe in the Making of America
Indian Diplomacy
The Settlement of New France
Acadia
Expansion and the Fur Trade
The Scent of Empire
4 The Wars for America (1)
Queen Anne’s War
An Interval of Peace
The British Challenge
Neither War nor Peace
The Seven Years’ War
Making Peace
5 The Wars for America (2)
Accounting for Empire, 1763–1774
The Progress of the Rebellion
Peace, the Americans, and the Loyalists
Consequences of the War
6 The Wars for America (3)
The Politics of Empire
Government, Land, and the Indian Question
Land and Loyalty
Constituting British North America
War and the Health of the Colonies
Upper Canada
Lower Canada
The War of 1812
7 Transformations and Connections, 1815–1840
Defining and Defending the Border
The Political Economy of Stalemate
The Canadas
Lower Canada
Upper Canada
Lord Durham and the Union of the Canadas
8 Colonies into Provinces
Reinventing the Empire
Responsible Government in an Irresponsible Empire
The Uses of Government
Politics and Development
The American Civil War
Confederation
9 Expansion and Disappointment, 1867–1896
Riel and Railways
Settling and Pacifying the West
Railways and the National Policy
The Americans Again—Trade and Reciprocity
Religion and Patriotism
10 Boom and Bust, 1896–1914
Developing Politics
Railways and Overdevelopment
The Economic Boom
Organizing Reform
Imperial Politics
Cleaning the Slate
Our Lady of the Snows
Depression and War
11 Breaking the Mould, 1914–1930
War and Division
Politics, Money, and Munitions
Strategy and Casualties
Accident and Precedent: Canada and the British Empire
The Results of the War
Politics and the Economy in the Twenties
Diplomacy, Internal and External
12 Unfriendly Worlds, 1930–1945
Old Nostrums, New Failures
King and Chaos
The Complicated Politics of Appeasement
The Second World War Begins
The Curse of Conscription
The Third Largest Army
13 A Time of Gifts, 1945–1963
The Baby Boom
Reconstruction and Reconversion
Monsters to Destroy
Canada and the End of Empire
Energy Policy
Nationalism and Anti-Americanism
The Diefenbaker Phenomenon
Culture and Society at the End of the Fifties
Ambivalent Quebec
Diefenbaker’s Downfall
14 Affluence and Its Discontents, 1960–1980
The Politics of Security
The Terms of Trade
The Shadow of Vietnam
Times Out of Joint
Changing Canada
Federal–Provincial Horrors
Freezing in the Dark
15 Two Nationalisms
Expo 67 and After
The October Crisis and After
Bourassa and the PQ
Le Combat des Chefs: Trudeau and Lévesque
Trudeau’s Constitution
What Did Trudeau Accomplish?
16 Bust and Boom in the Eighties
Mulroney, Politics, and Trade, 1984–1993
Toxic Federalism
The End of Mulroney
17 A New Millennium and a New World
Multiculturalism
Unrest in Quebec
Extreme Politics
Liberal Diplomacy
Old Leader, New Issues, New Century
The Eternal Border
Divided Politics
Conclusion
Endnotes
Illustration/Photo Credits
Acknowledgments
Index