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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... responsible government " phrase ? Lord Durham ascribes to you national objects . If he is right , union would be ruin to you ; if he is wrong , and that you are really desirous of liberal institutions and economical government , the ...
... 1840s , stubbornly independent members — those who strove to serve constituencies above party — would be regarded by the others contemptuously as TRANSFORMATION OF THE COLONIAL SYSTEM 157 Significance of Responsible Government.
... responsible government as a procedure rather than a principle , “ not a measure but a method . " He meant that the majority grouping in the legislature had to act cohesively to retain its grip on patronage . Between elections , the only ...