Reconsidering confederation : Canada's founding debates, 1864-1999

Daisy Sound Recording 2019

July 1st 1867 is celebrated as Canada's Confederation, but 1867 was only the beginning. As the country grew from a small dominion to a vast federation encompassing ten provinces, three territories, and hundreds of First Nations, its leaders repeatedly debated Canada's purpose, and the benefits and drawbacks of the choice to be Canadian. "Reconsidering Confederation" brings together Canada's leading historians to explore how the provinces, territo...

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ISBN:

9780616868607
061686860X

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Daisy edition

Description:

1 DAISY disc (18 hr., 46 min.) : sound ; 12 cm
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Canada's founding debates, 1864-1999

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Recording produced by CNIB
Search and access by headings and pages
Includes bibliographical references and index
Access restricted to persons who are visually impaired or physically disabled and cannot use conventional print materials
Narrated by Diane Mackay
Audio and text
Reproduced from: Calgary, Alberta : University of Calgary Press, 2018. 9781773850153
DAISY 2.02 standard; MP3 compression at 32 kbps
System requirements: IBM PC or compatible; double speed or faster CD-ROM drive; sound card and sound output device; DAISY playback software or DAISY talking book player. Also plays in CD-MP3 player or computer with MP3-capable software
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Contents:

Introduction : Reconsidering Confederation / Daniel Heidt
Compact, contract, covenant : the evolution of First Nations treaty-making / J.R. Miller
Ontario : the centre of Confederation? / Daniel Heidt
Quebec and Confederation : gains and compromise / Marcel Martel, Colin Coates, Martin Pâquet, and Maxime Gohier
The Maritimes and the debate over Confederation / Phillip Buckner
Resisting Canada's will : Manitoba's entry into Confederation / Robert Wardhaugh and Barry Ferguson
"The interests of Confederation demanded it" : British Columbia and Confederation / Patricia Roy
"It is better to have a half loaf than none at all" : the Yukon and Confederation / P. Whitney Lackenbauer and Ken S. Coates
Creating new provinces : Saskatchewan and Alberta / Bill Waiser
Newfoundland and Canada : Confederation and the search or stability / Raymond B. Blake
"A more accurate face on Canada to the world" : the creation of Nunavut / P. Whitney Lackenbauer and André Légaré

Control Number:

2910821

Other Authors:

Centre for Equitable Library Access (Canada)
Heidt, Daniel, 1985- editor
Mackay, Diane, narrator

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