Sep 19, 2021
In which we talk about the conferences in Charlottetown and Quebec that laid the groundwork for Canada and the British North America Act! We also end on by analyzing some artistic depictions of those moments.
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Further Reading:
- Beck, Murray. Joseph Howe: The Briton Becomes Canadian 1848-1873, McGill-Queen's University Press, 1983. https://www.deslibris.ca/ID/400510
- Bowering, George. Egotists & Autocrats, Penguin Books, 1999.
- Martin, Ged. Britain and the Origins of Canadian Confederation, 1837-1867, UBC Press, 1995. https://www.deslibris.ca/ID/404058
- Martin, Ged. “Launching Canadian Confederation: Means to Ends, 1836-1864.” The Historical Journal, vol. 27, no. 3, 1984, pp. 575–602. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/2639270.
- Smith, Peter J. “The Ideological Origins of Canadian Confederation.” Canadian Journal of Political Science / Revue Canadienne De Science Politique, vol. 20, no. 1, 1987, pp. 3–29. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/3228803.
- Charlottetown Conference plaque: https://www.hmdb.org/Photos5/522/Photo522076o.jpg
- Quebec Conference Painting: https://www.ourcommons.ca/About/HistoryArtsArchitecture/fine_arts/historical/609-e.htm
