Destinies: Canadian History Since Confederation
Name/Title
Destinies: Canadian History Since ConfederationEntry/Object ID
2022.72.01Tags
Canadian History, Canadian Pacific, Railway History, Immigration, Indigenous History, Confederation, War HistoryScope and Content
Book describing the history of Canada since Confederation. The book primarily focuses on the history of the development of Canada into a country was well as immigration and Indigenous Relations.Context
The book is broken down into parts and chapters to fully explore the history. They are as follows: Chapter 1. Date Line, 1867: Population, A Historial Portrait: Josiah Henson, Politics, The Nature of Confederation, Canadian-British-American Relations, Where Historians Disagree: The Meaning of the BNA Act, The Economy, Social Life, Religion and Education, Community Portrait: The Community of the Sisters of the Congregation of Notre Dame in the Late Nineteenth Century Part 1: Building the New Dominion 1867-1914 Chapter 2. Three Oceans, One Country 1867-1880: The Nova Scotia Repeal Movement, The Canadian Acquisition of Rupert's Land, Treaties with the First Nations, Where Historians Disagree: Interpreting Treaties One to Seven in Western Canada, British Columbia Enters Confederation, An Unwilling Newfoundland and a Reluctant Prince Edward Island Chapter 3. A "National Policy?": Emerging English-Canadian and French-Canadian Expressions of Nationalism, Liberal Rule 1873-1878, The National Policy of John A. Macdonald, Building the Canadian Pacific Railway, Where Historians Disagree: The National Policy, Two New Transcontinental Railways, The Dominion Strategy for the Northwest, Immigration and Settlement of Western Canada, Immigrant Groups, A Historical Portrait: Robert, a Barnado Boy, Nativist Attitudes Chapter 4. The Fragile Union The Resurgence of Regionalism: The Provincial-Rights Movement in Ontario, Protest in Atlantic Canada, Discontent in the Northwest, Where Historians Disagree: The Causes of the Northwest Rebellion of 1885, A Historical Portrait: Will Jackson (Honore Jaxon), Rising French-Canadian Nationalism, Cultural and Religious Feuds, Linking to the Past Chapter 5. Imperialism, Continentalism, and Nationalism: The North Atlantic Triangle and the Treaty of Washington, Continentalism, Imperialism, A Historical Portrait: Sara Jeanette Duncan, Where Historians Disagree: The Nature of Imperialism, The South African War, Growing French-Canadian Nationalism, The Alaska Boundary Dispute, Renewed Prospects of Reciprocity with the United States, The Naval Crisis, Borden's Conservative Government Part 2: Urban and Industrial Canada 1876-1914 Chapter 6. Boomtime: Industrialization at the Turn of the Century: Canada's Economic Expansion, A New Attitude toward Business, Community Portrait: The T. Eaton Company: A Community and Store, Urbanization, Economic Development in the East and West, Industrialization and Urbanization in Central Canada, The Uniqueness of Quebec's Industrial Development, "New Ontario", Where Historians Disagree: Industrial Growth in Quebec Chapter 7. The Impact of Urban and Industrial Growth: The Impact on Rural Society, The Impact on Native People, Life in the Industrial City, Women in the Workplace, A Historical Portrait: Emily Jennings Stowe, Health, Charitable and Social Institution for the Working Class Chapter 8. An Era of Social Reform 1890-1914: The Social Gospel Movement in English Canada, Roman Catholic Social Action in Quebec, Educational Reforms, The Urban Reform Movement, Wilderness and Wildlife Conservation, Women and Social Reform, A Historical Portrait: Grey Owl, Where Historians Disagree: Women and Reform, The Prohibition Movement Chapter 9. Culture 1867-1914: Music, A Historical Portrait: Calixa Lavallee, The Promotion of Canadian Culture, Visual Arts, Canadian Literature, Canadian Theatre, Popular Culture, Sports, Middle-Class Culture, Working-Class Culture, Native Culture Part 3: The Impact of Two World Wars and The Great Depression 1914-1945 Chapter 10. Canada in the Great War: Canada Joins the War Effort, The Nature of the Great War, A Historical Portrait: Private Fraser, The Interventionist State, Women and War, Fighting on the Battlefields of Europe, "Invite Us to Your Councils", Recruitment, National Disunity, The Conscription Crisis, Union Government and the Election of 1917, Final Year of the War, The War and Social Reform, Postwar Unrest, Advances to Nationhood, Where Historians Disagree: The Winnipeg General Strike Chapter 11. The 1920s: A Decade of Adjustment: New Postwar Political Leaders, Regional Protest: The Progressives and the Maritime Rights Movement, Where Historians Disagree: Causes of Regional Protest Movements in Eastern and Western Canada in the 1920s, From Colony to Nation, the Economics of Adjustment, A Brief Economic Boom, A Revolution in Transportation and Communications, Service Industries, Disillusionment and the Decline of Reform, Women in the 1920s, The Native Peoples, Labour in the 1920s, A Historical Portrait: Onondeyoh (Fred Loft), Cultural Development, Visual Arts, Community Portrait: The Arts and Letters Club as a Cultural Community, Literature, Music, Popular Culture, Sports Chapter 12. Canada in the Great Depression: The Advent of the Great Depression, R. B. Bennett's Policies, Relief, Third Parties, Communists and Fascists, Provincial Politics and Economic Criss, Labour in the Great Depression, Women in the 1930s, The Native Peoples in the 1930s, Liberal Policies, Religion, Where Historians Disagree: Protestantism and Reform in the 1930s, Culture in the 1930s Chapter 13. Canada in World War II: Neutrality in the 1930s, Canada and the War Against the Axis, A Historical Portrait: Sir Frederick Banting and Pilot Joseph Mackey, Canadian-American Wartime Relations, The Wartime Economy, Women and the War Effort, Native Peoples and the War, Culture and State, The War and National Unity, French Canada and the War, Canada Intensifies Its War Effort, Where Historians Disagree: Canadian Participation in the Land War in Northwestern Europe, The Expansion of Unions, The State's New Role, Federal-Provincial Relations: Toward Federal Supremacy, The Provinces in the War Years, Toward a New Internationalism Part 4: Modern Canada 1945-2005 Chapter 14. Toward a More Affluent Society 1945-1960: Economic Nirvana in Canada?, A Historical Portrait: Betty, Ruby, and the Others, Prosperity and Trade, An Investment Boom, A Government of Efficient Administrators, The Golden Age of Canadian Diplomacy, Political Change, Labour Relations in Times of Prosperity, The Status of Women, Where Historians Disagree: Women and Unions in Postwar Canada, Higher Education, Culture: Canadian Versus American, Religion Chapter 15. An Era of Change: The 1960s: Revolt and Protest, A Historical Portrait: The Student Radicals at Sir George Williams University, The Cultural Revolution, Population Trends, Women: The Long Road toward Equality, Economic Change, Environmental Concerns, Economic Relations with the United States, Business and Labour, Politics in the Age of Mass Media, Diefenbaker: A Prophet Outcast, Third Parties Left and Right, The Pearson Years, Trudeauamania, The Canadian Centennial Chapter 16. Aboriginal Canada: World War II to the Present: The Yale-Toronto Conference on the North American Indian, The Native Peoples in Wartime, Aboriginal Canada Immediately after World War II, A New Postwar Attitude toward the Native Peoples, From the "White Paper" of 1969 to the Constitution of 1982, First Nations Political Demands in the 1980s and 1990s, Where Historians disagree: How Historians Have Interpreted the Indian Residential Schools, Aboriginal Canada in the 1980s and 1990s, The Metis Inuit and the Federal Government, The Aboriginal North from the 1970s to Today Chapter 17. The Making of Modern Quebec: Quebec After World War II, The Quiet Revolution, Revolution and Reaction, The Debate Over Language, A Polarized Quebec, The Growth of Nationalism, Quebec Under the Parti Quebecois, Where Social Scientists Disagree: The Origins and Effects of Quebec's Language Legislation, The 1980s: The Wheel Turns, Constitutional Impasse, The Quebec Economy 1991-2003, Population, Language and Culture in 2000, A Historical Portrait: Luc Plamodon, Celene Dion, and the Global Village, The Environment Chapter 18: The English-Speaking Provinces Since 1960: The Atlantic Provinces, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, A Historical Portrait: Newfoundland Fishers through Art and Song, Ontario, The West, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, British Columbia, Community Portrait: Clayoquot Sound and the Environmental Movement Chapter 19. Immigration and Ethnicity: Postwar European Immigration 1945-1957, Federal Immigration Policy, Canadian Responses to Postwar Immigration, An Evaluation of Postwar Immigration Policy, The Immigrant Experience since the 1960s, A Historical Portrait: The Immigrant Experience, Immigration in Recent Years, Multiculturalism, Where Social Scientists Disagree: Evaluating Canada's Multicultural Policy, The Impact of Immigration Chapter 20. Contemporary Canada: Rising Prices, The Trudeau Government, The End of the Trudeau Era, The Progressive Conservatives in Power, The Great Free-Trade Debate, The Collapse of Consensus, The Chretien Government, Canadian-American Relations, Demography, Gays and Lesbians, The Changing Role of Women, Challenges for Labour, Cultural Concerns, New Challenges, The EnvironmentCollection
Canadian History Collection (General)Cataloged By
Kevin MoorhouseCategory
Secondary Source