Roads to Confederation: The Making of Canada, 1867, Volume 2

Review

"The wide range of perspectives will be valuable to students and scholars, particularly in examining the centrality of the Confederation moment and tensions informing Canadian nationalism, or even geopolitical interest that shaped Canada in North America." -- Charles Dumais, University of Toronto ― Canadian Journal of Political Science, vol 52 no 1, March 2019

"For those of us who teach Confederation, and who often wish we could renovate our classes to better capture the multiplicity of scholarly takes, this distillation of so many important approaches to the topic will be a blessing; Donald Creighton’s road to Confederation must now be seen as just one route among many." -- Bradley Miller, University of British Columbia ― Canadian Historical Review

"Starting with the voices and stories of those who were forgotten, Roads to Confederation brings 150 years of Confederation scholarship to the public. The editors are experienced scholars and writers in the field, and they do write well here!" -- Guy Laforest, Executive Director, École nationale d’administration publique

"This two-volume collection serves a real purpose in bringing together the work of scholars on Confederation. I have no doubt that this collection will find its way onto the shelves of all those who have an interest in Canada’s federal experience. Every school and public library should own a copy." -- Patrice Dutil, Department of Politics and Public Administration, Ryerson University


Product Description

Roads to Confederation surveys the way in which scholars from different disciplines, writing in different periods, viewed the Confederation process and the making of Canada. Recognizing that Confederation has been traditionally defined as a process affecting only British North America’s Anglophone and Francophone communities, Roads to Confederation offers a broader approach to the making of Canada, and includes scholarship written over 145 years.
Volume 2 of this collection focuses on three major themes. It presents research from the perspective of Canada’s regions, with one chapter focusing exclusively on the competing understandings of 1867 from the perspective of Quebec. Next, it includes material pertaining to the geopolitical underpinnings of 1867 that addresses the relationship between Confederation, the U.S. Civil War and American expansionism, Great Britain and war in the European theatre. Also included is leading scholarship by Stanley B. Ryerson, Adele Perry, Fernand Dumond, Ian McKay and James W. Daschuk that questions whether Confederation itself was a formative event. Together with its companion volume, this is an invaluable resource for those who wish to deepen their understanding of the historical foundations on which Canada rests.

About the Author

Jacqueline D. Krikorian is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at York University.

David R. Cameron is a professor of Political Science and Special Advisor to the President and Provost at the University of Toronto.

Marcel Martel is a professor and Avie Bennett Historica Canada Chair in Canadian History at York University.

Andrew W. McDougall is a lecturer of Political Science at the University of Toronto, Scarborough.

Robert C. Vipond is a professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto.