Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Canada and the British Empire, Phillip Buckner
2. From Global Processes to Continental Strategies: The emergence of British North America to 1783, John G. Reid and Elizabeth Mancke
3. The Consolidation of British North America, 1783-60, J. M. Bumsted
4. The Creation of the Dominion of Canada, 1860-1901, Phillip Buckner
5. Canada and the 'Third British Empire', 1901-39, John Herd Thompson
6. Canada and the End of Empire, 1939-82, Phillip Buckner
7. Status without Stature: Newfoundland, 1869-1949, James K. Hiller
8. British Migration and British America, 1783-1867, Elizabeth Jane Errington
9. Rhetoric and Reality: British Migration to Canada, 1867-1967, Marjory Harper
10. French Canadians' Ambivalence toward the British Empire, Colin M. Coates
11. Aboriginal People of Canada and the British Empire, Sarah Carter
12. Women, Gender, and Empire, Adele Perry
13. Economy and Empire: Britain and Canadian Development, 1783-1971, Douglas McCalla
14. British Justice: English Law and Canadian Legal Culture, Philip Girard

About the Author

Phillip Buckner is Professor Emeritus at the University of New Brunswick, and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London.

Reviews

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