Foundations: Readings in Pre-Confederation Canadian History, Vol. 1

by Margaret Conrad, Alvin Finkel

Readings in Pre-Confederation Canadian History is a sample reader of pre-confederation Canadian history, with a careful balance of regional representation. The sections of the text are grouped in overlapping time periods that have become more-or-less conventional for the study of the pre-Confederation Beginnings to 1663; France in America, 1663-1756; British North America, 1749-1821; Maturing Colonial Societies, 1821-1867; and Industrializing Canada, 1840-1867. With updated material to ensure a modern appeal, including 18 new readings, this book will give history students a balanced sample of some of the best and most recent readings dealing with the history of Canada before Confederation.

Paperback

First published May 1, 2007

About the author

A specialist in the fields of Atlantic Canada and Women's history, Margaret Rose Conrad held the Canada Research Chair in Atlantic Canada Studies at the University of New Brunswick before retiring in 2009.