The peoples of Canada : a post-confederation history

Bumsted, J. M. (John Michael) 1938- (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780195423419
ISBN: 0195423410
Physical Description: print
xvi, 704 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 23 cm.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Don Mills, Ont. : Oxford University Press, c2008.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The Completion of Confederation, 1867-1874 -- Envisioning the New Nation, 1867-1885 -- The First Triumph of Industrialism, 1885-1914 -- Urban Canada, 1885-1914 -- Rural Canada, 1885-1914 -- Immigration, Ethnicity, and Racial Exclusion -- Politics and the National Question, 1885 -- The Era of Social Reform, 1885-1914 -- The Great War and its Aftermath, 1914-1919 -- Economy, Polity, and the 'Unresolved Riddle of Social Justice,' 1919-1939 -- Canadian Society and Culture between the Wars, 1919-1941 -- The Second World War, 1939-1945 -- Canada and the World, 1946-1972 -- Prosperity and Growth, 1946-1972 -- The Era of Liberal Consensus, 1946-1972 -- Quebec and Confederation, 1946-1972 -- The New Suburban Society, 1946-1972 -- The Beginnings of Modern Canadian Cultural Policy, 1946-1972 -- The Making of Canadian Culture, 1946-1972 -- The Collapse of the Liberal Consensus, 1972-1991 -- The Provinces, the Constitution, and the Charter of Rights, 1972-2007 -- The Fragmentation and Reconstruction of Conservatism, 1990-2007 -- Canadian Society and Culture, 1972-2007 -- Canada and the World after 9/11.