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British businessmen and Canadian confederation : constitution-making in an era of Anglo-globalization / Andrew Smith

Author
Smith, Andrew, 1976-
Published
Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2008]
Copyright Date
©2008
Physical Description
1 online resource (viii, 229 pages)
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English.
Contents
Cover13; -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction: Canadas Heritage in the City -- 2 An Empire That Did Little for Manchester but Much for the City of London -- 3 From Bad to Worse: 18601862 -- 4 The British North American Association and Its Campaign -- 5 Attempted Economic Decolonization: The Short Premiership of John Sandfield Macdonald -- 6 Reconciling Britishness and Federalism: British Reactions to the Quebec Resolutions -- 7 The British Parliamentary Debates on Confederation -- 8 Gentlemanly Capitalism after the British North America Act -- Notes on Sources -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
Summary
Without pressure from a small but influential group of London financiers, Confederation would not have occurred in 1867, if at all. These financiers supported the unification of the British North American colonies because they believed it would rescue their under-performing investments and keep British North America within the British Empire.
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ISBN
9780773575004 (electronic bk.)
0773575006 (electronic bk.)
1282865552
9781282865556
9780773534056 (bound)
9786612865558
6612865555
0773577378
9780773577374
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-155) and index.
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