Contents

Acknowledgments

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

Notes

Bibliography

Index