A Reader's guide to Canadian history. 1, Beginnings to Confederation / edited by D.A. Muise.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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Cover; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; A NOTE FOR READERS; Canada during the French régime CORNELIUS J. JAENEN; Bibliographies and reference works; Published documents; Pamphlets and journals; Historiography; Religious life and institutions; Seigneurial system; Frontier thesis; Exploration; Biography; Government and institutions; Demography; Economic development; Society and culture; French-Amerindian relations; Military history and the Conquest; Conclusions; Quebec, 1760-1867 FERNAND OUELLET; Bibliographies and reference works; The two historiographies: general works and major themes

French-Canadian historiography- The traditional nationalist school: 'La survivance'; -- The neo-nationalist school: the shock of 1760; -- From social-economic to global history; -- The Marxist-nationalist school; English-Canadian historiography; -- The Laurentian school; -- The liberal school; Economic history; Historical demography; Social history; Religious history; From intellectual history to socio-cultural research; Political and constitutional history; The Atlantic provinces D.A. MUISE; The nineteenth-century tradition; Bibliographies and other guides; Periodicals; General approaches

Native peoples of the Atlantic regionAtlantic Canada before the Conquest: the Acadians; Louisbourg; Newfoundland prior to the Conquest; Early British administration and the American Revolution; Immigration and settlement; Politics; Religion; Education; Economic development; Social and intellectual history; Upper Canada J.K. JOHNSON; General works; Bibliographical works; Periodicals and serial publications; Population, land, and settlement; Local and urban history; War, rebellion, and border raids; Religion and education; Economic development; Social and intellectual history; Biography

Government and politicsThe north, the western interior, and the Pacific coast DAVID RICHESON; Bibliographies; Journals and periodicals; Interpretations; Arctic exploration; Native peoples; The fur trade; General; New France; Hudson's Bay Company; North West Company; The Selkirk Settlement; The Métis; The fur trade after 1821; The Pacific coast; Travellers' narratives and survey reports; Conclusion; Britain and British North America before Confederation PHILLIP BUCKNER; Introduction and general works; Canadian historiography and the British empire; Imperial historiography and Canada

Bibliographical aids and documentary collectionsExploration and imperial rivalries; British expansion into Canada; Anglo-French conflict; The Seven Years' War; Integration and disintegration of the first empire; Imperial policy after the Conquest; The American Revolution and the empire; The Loyalists; The British North American colonies and the second empire; British attitudes to the second empire; The colonial reformers and Durham reassessed; Colonial Office policy prior to the rebellions; The transition to responsible government; The implications of responsible government

Six experts guide the reader through the maze of historical writing about pre-Confederation Canada with a critical assessment of the best and most useful articles, papers, and books that have been published.

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