History Post-confederation (1867-)
Documents on the Confederation of British North America
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2009
- Category
- Post-Confederation (1867-)
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780773536029
- Publish Date
- Sep 2009
- List Price
- $110.00
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780773536098
- Publish Date
- Sep 2009
- List Price
- $34.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780773576094
- Publish Date
- Sep 2009
- List Price
- $110.00
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Description
This edition retains Browne's original introduction with its lucid exposition of events from 1858 to 1867. A new introduction by Janet Ajzenstat draws attention to the debt British North Americans owe to the political tradition of British liberalism.
About the authors
G.P. Browne (?-1983) received his university education at the University of British Columbia and at Oxford. He tutored Modern History at Oxford for four years before becoming an assistant professor of history at the University of Wisconsin. In 1965 he was appointed an assistant professor of history at Carleton University.
Janet Ajzenstat is professor emeritus, political science, McMaster University. Her most recent book on the Canadian constitution is The Once and Future Canadian Democracy: An Essay in Political Thought.