Oct 31, 2021
In which we talk about the dark side of Macdonald's legacy and the latter part of his life, again using caricatures (but ones that make us go "yikes...").
Caricatures: https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/2021/10/30/j-a-macdonald-caricatures-the-darker-side/
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Sources/Further Reading:
- Belshaw, John Douglas. Canadian History: Post-Confederation, BC Open Textbook, 2012. https://opentextbc.ca/postconfederation/
- Bowering, George. Egotists and Autocrats, Penguin Books, 1999.
- Creighton, Donald. John A. Macdonald: The Young Politician/The Old Chieftain, University of Toronto Press, 2018.
- Gillespie, Alastair C.F. John A. MacDonald: The Indispensable Politician, Macdonald-Laurier Institute for Public Policy, 2017. https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/files/pdf/MLIConfederationSeries_MacdonaldPaperF_Web.pdf
- Johnson, J. K.. "Sir John A. Macdonald". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 28 November 2017, Historica Canada. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sir-john-alexander-macdonald.