Readings in Canadian History: Pre-Confederation
Name/Title
Readings in Canadian History: Pre-ConfederationEntry/Object ID
2022.76.01Tags
Canadian History, Indigenous History, Colonialism, Hunting and Trapping, Prospecting HistoryScope and Content
Book describing the history of the development of the Dominion of Canada.Context
The book is a collection of academic journal articles. The articles were complied to tell the history of the Indigenous peoples of Canada as well as the introduction of European colonialism, leading up to Confederation and the creation of what is today known as Canada. The book is broken down into sections to fully contextualize the history. They are as follows: 1. The Native Peoples and Early European Contact: - "Ecological Change and Indian-White Relations" by Richard White and William Cronon - "The French Presence in Huronia: The Structure of Franco-Huron Relations in the First Half of the Seventeenth Century" by Bruce G. Trigger 2. The Nature and Impact of the Fur Trade: - "Fur Trade History as an Aspect of Native History" by Arthur J. Ray - "Women in Between: Indian Women in Fur Trade Society in Western Canada" by Sylvia Van Kirk 3. The Society of New France: - "Society and the Frontier" by W. J. Eccles - "New France: Les femmes favorisees" by Jan Noel 4. The Early Societies of Atlantic Canada - "The Nature and Framework of Newfoundland History" by Keith Matthews - "The Golden Age: Acadian Life, 1713-1748" by Naomi Griffiths 5. Imperial Conflict: - "The Preemptive Conquest, 1749-1763" by W. J. Eccles - "Biological Warfare in Eighteenth-Century North America: Beyond Jeffery Amherst" by Elizabeth A. Fenn 6. The Impact of the American Revolution on the Maritime Colonies: - "The American Revolution and Nova Scotia Reconsidered" by George A. Rawlyk - "The Family in Exile: Loyalist Social Values after the Revolution" by Ann Gorman Condon 7. The Economy and Society of Quebec, 1760-1791: - "The Debate on the Social and Economic Consequences of the Conquest: A Summary" by S. Dale Standen - "A Change in Climate: The Conquest and the Marchands of Montreal" by Jose Iqartua - "The Fall of New France" by Allan Greer 8. Women in Upper Canada: - "'Women... Is a Very Interesting Creature': Some Women's Experiences in Early Upper Canada" by Jane Errington - "'Of Slender Frame and Delicate Appearance': The Placing of Laura Secord in the Narratives of Canadian Loyalist History" by Cecilia Morgan 9. The Rebellions of 1837-1838 in Lower Canada: - "The Insurrections" by Fernand Ouellt - "The Rebellions of 1837-38 and Other Bourgeois Revolutions in Quebec Historiography" by Colin M. Coates 10. The Society of the Canadas: - "The Origins of Canadian Indian Policy" by L. F. S. Upton - "Gender Ideology and Black Women as Community-Builders in Ontario, 1850-70" by Shirley J. Yee - "Of Poverty and Helplessness in Petite-Nation" by Cole Harris 11. Urban and Commercial Development in the Canadas in the Mid-Nineteenth Century: - "Urban and Commercial Development until 1850" by John McCallum - "Transportation Changes in the St. Lawrence-Great Lakes Region, 1828-1860" by Gerald Tulchinsky 12. Maritime Society in the Mid-Nineteenth Century: - "Survival under Internal Colonialism" by Harald E. L. Prins - "The Orange Order and Social Violence in Mid-Nineteenth Century Saint John" by Scott W. See 13. Rupert's Land: - "The Flock Divided: Factions and Feuds at Red River" by Frits Pannekoek - "The Metis and Mixed-Bloods of Rupert's Land before 1870" by Irene M. Spry 14. The Pacific Coast: - " Tracing the Fortunes of Five Founding Families of Victoria" by Sylvia Van Kirk - " The Character of the British Columbia Frontier" by Barry M. Gough 15. Why Was Confederation Accepted?: - "Confederation and Quebec" by A. I. Silver - " CHR Dialogue: The Maritimes and Confederation: A Reassessment" by Phillip Buckner with P. B. Waite and William M. BakerCollection
Canadian History Collection (General)Cataloged By
Matthew GillCategory
Secondary Source