Canada in the European age, 1453-1919

Author/Creator:

Naylor, R. T., 1945-

Publication/Creation:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2006

Resource Type:

Book

Edition:

2nd ed.

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

Canada in the European age, 1453-1919 R.T. Naylor

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Economic history
Canada--Economic conditions--To 1763
Canada--Economic conditions--19th century
Canada--Foreign economic relations--Europe
Europe--Foreign economic relations--Canada
Canada--Foreign economic relations--United States
United States--Foreign economic relations--Canada

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

1. The discoveries -- 2. The foundations of English bullionism -- 3. The foundations of French bullionism -- 4. The aftermath of the discoveries -- 5. The origins of the English plantation system -- 6. The origins of the French plantation system -- 7. Competition for empire, 1663-1713 -- 8. France in America, 1713-1763 -- 9. Competition for empire, 1713-1763 -- 10. The triumph and collapse of British mercantilism -- 11. The industrial revolution and the colonial system -- 12. Competition for empire, 1793-1832 -- 13. The Atlantic seaboard : from mercantilism to industrial capitalism -- 14. The contest for the continental interior, 1763-1821 -- 15. Emigration and colonization, 1763-1841 -- 16. Finance and politics in Canada, 1793-1841 -- 17. The triumph of steam and gold -- 18. Commercial reorientation and structural change in the economy of United Canada -- 19. The dawn of the railway age in British North America -- 20. The railroad to confederation : Canadian expansion -- 21. The railroad to confederation : the maritime response -- 22. Reconquest of the northwest -- 23. The rise of the Pacific economy -- 24. Fur trade and Pacific empire -- 25. From company colony to company province -- 26. Imperialist rivalries, 1873-1914 -- 27. A railway from Europe to China -- 28. The contest for the continental interior, 1873-1914 -- 29. Canada and the cross of gold -- 30. Industrial development and continental integration -- 31. Transcontinental empire -- 32. Canadian expansion overseas -- 33. The approach of war -- 34. The Canadian economy in the Great War -- 35. The aftermath of war.

Summary:

As Bruce Trigger explains in his preface, Canada in the European Age, 1453-1919 was the first history in which native peoples appeared as genuine actors in human dramas - mainly tragedies - instead of as part of the flora and fauna in the background. By stressing the interconnections between the grand events of the conquest and subjegation of the globe by European empire builders and the less dramatic events in Canada, Naylor's book led to a fundamental reinterpretation of Canadian social, economic, and political history.

Language:

English

Language Note:

English

Physical Type/Description:

xxvi, 617 p.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9936535547602486

ISBN:

0-7735-8361-0
1-282-86596-X
9786612865961
0-7735-7546-4

OCLC Number:

923234509

Other Identifiers:

doi: 10.1515/9780773575462