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Price: $80.95

Format:
Paperback 704 pp.
160 photos, 6 maps, 9 tables., 7" x 9"

ISBN-10:
0195423410

ISBN-13:
9780195423419

Copyright Year:
2008

Imprint: OUP Canada

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The Peoples of Canada

A Post-Confederation History, Third Edition

J. M. Bumsted

J.M. Bumsted - Winner of the 2009 CAA/Lela Common Award for Canadian History

The Peoples of Canada: A Post-Confederation History, 3/e, examines the history of Canada from Confederation to the contemporary issues now facing Canadians. The volume examines the early years after Confederation, the development of culture and industry in Canada, the emergence of the 'national question' and the later Quiet Revolution, social reform, the Great War, the inter-war years, the Second World War both at home and Canada's role overseas, the urban and subsequent suburbanization of Canada, the search for social justice, the political fragmentation of the country in the 1970s onwards, the introduction of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and accompanying constitutional debates, and Canada's role in world affairs since 1946. This edition will maintain the political framework from earlier editions, while enhancing classroom discussion through the inclusion of provocative topics such as Aboriginal history, women, contemporary foreign policy, and general political history.

Readership : For use in undergraduate survey courses in Canadian history, taught in either history or Canadian studies departments. Survey courses are most likely to appear in the first-or second-year.

Introduction: Understanding History
Part I: 1867-1885
1. The Completion of Confederation, 1867-1874
2. Envisioning the New Nation, 1867-1885
PART II: 1885-1914
3. The First Triumph of Industrialism, 1885-1914
4. Urban Canada, 1885-1914
5. Rural Canada, 1885-1914
6. Immigration, Ethnicity, and Racial Exclusion
7. Politics and the National Question, 1885-1914
8. The Era of Social Reform, 1885-1914
PART III: 1914-1945
9. The Great War and its Aftermath, 1914-1919
10. Economy, Polity, and the 'Unresolved Riddle of Social Justice,' 1919-1939
11. Canadian Society and Culture between the Wars, 1919-1941
12. The Second World War, 1939-1945
PART IV: 1946-1972
13. Canada and the World, 1946-1972
14. Prosperity and Growth, 1946-1972
15. The Era of Liberal Consensus, 1946-1972
16. Quebec and Confederation, 1946-1972
17. The New Suburban Society, 1946-1972
18. The Beginnings of Modern Canadian Cultural Policy, 1946-1972
19. The Making of Canadian Culture, 1946-1972
PART V: 1972-2007
20. The Collapse of the Liberal Consensus, 1972-1991
21. The Provinces, the Constitution, and the Charter of Rights, 1972-2007
22. The Fragmentation and Reconstruction of Conservatism, 1990-2007
23. Canadian Society and Culture, 1972-2007
24. Canada and the Post 9/11 World
EPILOGUE: Into a New Unknown

Instructor's Manual
Test Bank
Student Study Guide

For the past 22 years, John M. (Jack) Bumsted has taught at the University of Manitoba's department of history. Before his arrival on the Prairies he taught at both Simon Fraser University and McMaster University. His research specialties are many, including the history of Prince Edward Island, Manitoba, and cultural history. Prof. Bumsted is also the author of the forthcoming The Peoples of Canada: A Pre-Confederation History and the new edition of History of the Canadian Peoples.

A Concise History of Canada's First Nations - Olive Patricia Dickason and adapted by Moira Calder
Rethinking Canada - Edited by Mona Gleason and Adele Perry
Home, Work, and Play - James Opp and John C. Walsh
Native Peoples - Edited by R. Bruce Morrison and C. Roderick Wilson
The Peoples of Canada - J. M. Bumsted
A History of the Canadian Peoples - J. M. Bumsted
Interpreting Canada's Past - Edited by J. M. Bumsted and Len Kuffert
A Little History of Canada - H.V. Nelles
Interpreting Canada's Past - Edited by J. M. Bumsted and Len Kuffert
Writing History - William Kelleher Storey and Towser Jones

Special Features

Both the narrative and pedagogy have been thoroughly updated to reflect the current social, political, economic states of Canada.
Brief essays at the beginning of each part set the overall context for students.
Bumsted writes in a lively style that makes the text accessible to students.
New material on women, Aboriginal peoples, ethnic minorities, and current events.
Ancillary materials, including an Instructor's Manual, Testbank, and Student Study Guide, have been thoroughly updated.