Documents on the Confederation of British North AmericaThis edition retains Browne's original introduction with its lucid exposition of events from 1858 to 1867. A new introduction by Janet Ajzenstat draws attention to the debt British North Americans owe to the political tradition of British liberalism. |
Contents
| ix | |
Introduction to the 2009 CLS Edition | xxix |
Preface to Sir Joseph Popes Confederation | xlix |
Abbreviations | lii |
THE REACTION OF THE COLONIAL OFFICE TO THE CANADIAN INITIATIVE OF 1858 | 1 |
THE ATTITUDE OF THE COLONIAL OFFICE 18591864 | 29 |
THE CHARLOTTETOWN CONFERENCE SEPTEMBER 1864 | 32 |
PREPARATION FOR THE QUEBEC CONFERENCE SEPTEMBEROCTOBER 1864 | 50 |
THE REACTION TO THE QUEBEC RESOLUTIONS OCTOBER 1864SEPTEMBER 1865 | 166 |
PREPARATION FOR THE LONDON CONFERENCE JULYDECEMBER 1866 | 179 |
THE LONDON CONFERENCE DECEMBER 1866 | 201 |
THE FRAMING OF THE BRITISH NORTH AMERICA ACT JANUARYMARCH 1867 | 230 |
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY | 339 |
CHART OF IMPERIAL STATESMEN AND COLONIAL GOVERNORS 18581868 | 352 |
NOTE ON THE EDITOR | 354 |
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