{"product_id":"the-life-and-times-of-confederation-1864-1867-politics-newspapers-and-the-union-of-british-north-america-9781487573263","title":"The Life and Times of Confederation 1864-1867: Politics, Newspapers, and the Union of British North America","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): P. B. Waite\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Canada - Pre-Confederation (to 1867)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE LAST HISTORY OF CONFEDERATION was R. G. Trotter's \u003ci\u003eCanadian Federation, \u003c\/i\u003epublished in 1924. Since that time, much work has been\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003edone on this seminal period of Canadian history by Canadian historians, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand more recently, in important peripheral studies, by American ones.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eThree notable contributions by Canadians have been D. G. Creighton's \u003ci\u003eBritish North America at Confederation \u003c\/i\u003efor the Rowell-Sirois Report, his \u003ci\u003eJohn A. Macdonald: The Young Politician \u003c\/i\u003e(1952), and \u003cb\u003eW. M.\u003c\/b\u003e Whitelaw's \u003ci\u003eThe Maritimes and Canada before Confederation \u003c\/i\u003e(1934). This present book begins roughly where Professor Whitelaw's ended. It is a study of ideas and politics in the province of Canada, 1864-1867. This book is, in several important respects, a shift in emphasis and direction, and represents an entire rewriting on the basis of other perspectives and a good deal of further research.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46894613987479,"sku":"9781487573263","price":4550.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781487573263.webp?v=1770325834","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-life-and-times-of-confederation-1864-1867-politics-newspapers-and-the-union-of-british-north-america-9781487573263","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}