This concise history examines the relationship between Canada and the United States from the birth of the two countries to the present day. Drawing on perspectives from politics, economics, social research, and historiography, this engaging narrative brings historical personalities and events to
life while exploring the influence these countries have had on each other.
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Loyalties, 1763-1814: The American Revolution, Loyalism, and the War of 1812
2. Identities, 1814-1860: Building a Distinctive Canada after the War of 1812
3. Havoc, 1860-1971: Slavery, the American Civil War, and Canadian Confederation
4. Wests,
1860-1930: The Parallel Development of the North American West
5. Destinies, 1871-1914: Competing Visions of Canada's Future
6. Independence, 1914-1938: Canadian Political Independence and North American Integration
7. Allies, 1938-1945: The Second World War
8. Consensus, 1945-1955:
The Early Cold War
9. Discord, 1955-1968: The Breakdown in the Consensus
10. Resilience, 1968-1984: The Rise and Fall of Canadian Nationalism
11. Reconciliation, 1984-1993: The Political and Economic Partnership of the Mulroney Years
12. Unipolarity, since 1993: The United States and
Canada after the Cold War
Conclusion
Notes
Index
Timeline of Key Events:
Highlights important events in the history of Canadian and American relations
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Stephen Azzi is an associate professor in the Clayton H. Riddell Graduate Program in Political Management and the Department of History at Carleton University. After receiving a Ph.D. from the University of Waterloo, he worked as a political aide to four Canadian members of Parliament, as well
as a policy officer and intelligence analyst at the Department of National Defence. He has written on Canadian history, politics, economics, culture, nationalism, and foreign relations, and has contributed several entries to The Canadian Encyclopedia. He is the author of Walter Gordon and the Rise
of Canadian Nationalism (MQUP, 1999).
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