Three weeks in Quebec City : the meeting that made Canada
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- ISBN: 9780670065257 (hardcover)
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Physical Description:
viii, 262 pages ; 24 cm.
print - Publisher: Toronto, ON : Allan Lane, an imprint of Penguin Canada Books Inc., 2015.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Subject: | Canada -- History -- 1841-1867 Fathers of Confederation Québec Conference (1864) |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Creston Public Library | 971.049 MOO (Text)
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35140900000319 | Adult Non-Fiction | Not holdable | Lost | 2021-06-17 |
Summary:
In 1864, thirty-three delegates from five provincial legislatures came to Quebec City to pursue the idea of uniting all the provinces of British North America. The American Civil War, not yet over, encouraged the small and barely defended provinces to consider uniting for mutual protection. But there were other factors: the rapid expansion of railways and steamships spurred visions of a continent-spanning new nation. Federation, in principle, had been agreed on at the Charlottetown conference, but now it was time to debate the difficult issues of how a new nation would be formed. The delegates included John A. Macdonald, George Etienne-Cartier, and George Brown. Acclaimed historian Christopher Moore demonstrates that Macdonald, the future prime minister, surprisingly was not the most significant player here, and Canada could have become a very different place.