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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... Parliament's power extended , as in the words of the Declaratory Act , to " all cases whatsoever . " Still , to demonstrate his leadership as well as to establish the supremacy of Parliament over the colonies , he proposed a measure ...
... parliament of minorities , " an effort was made to deny its reality — ironically , by the Progressives themselves . Crerar tended to view the situation as a revolt of voters whose true political home was with the Liberal Party . Once ...
... parliamentary approval . For C.D. Howe , the " Minister of Everything , " the ceremonial appeal to Parliament was always the most tedious aspect of launching any project because the opposition behaved as if they had the power to ...