Contents
Introduction: “A Time of Iconoclasm”: Confederation and Transformations in Political Thought
1An Age of Nation Making: Nation, State, and the Question of Canada’s Future
2Cultivating a Constitution: Defining the Legal Foundations of Political Community
3Making Up the People: Ideas of Common Peoplehood and Citizenship
4Debating and Declaring Loyalty: The Evolution and Rhetorical Limits of Allegiance
5Naturalizing Modern Political Association: Naturalization and Nationality Law Reform
Conclusion: “No Merely Passive Spectator”: Canada in a Modern World