The Structure of Canadian HistoryDesigned for courses on Pre and Post Confederation History of Canada. Finlay/Sprague is the only combined Pre/Post Confederation introductory textbook available in the Introductory Canadian History market. As a combined text, it offers a significant price advantage over competing split volumes. This text takes a political and sociological approach to Canadian history, and has been updated to include recent analysis of historical events. Written within in a solid chronological framework, the text provides a clear, comprehensive survey of the subject and good integration between traditional and new approaches to history. This text will prepare students well in the basic chronologies of Canadian history while providing the most up-to-date tools for research through its weblinks. |
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... Laurier's policy was expected to be popular because it disappointed the least number of speculators , contractors and local politicians . At the same time , the whole extravaganza was consistent with Laurier's own optimistic boast that ...
... Laurier explained , " is that it is for the Parliament of Canada , which created the navy , to say when and where it shall go to war . " For Robert Borden , Laurier's proposal showed but half - hearted support of the empire . In his ...
... Laurier's naval policy was mildly imperialist , Borden's was brazenly so . Assuming that the autonomistes were most in- terested in defeating imperialism , they should have forgotten their differences with Laurier as soon as it became ...