LEADER 03938nam 2200745Ia 450 001 9910957648303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786613131836 010 $a9781283131834 010 $a1283131838 010 $a9780774854320 010 $a0774854324 024 7 $a10.59962/9780774854320 035 $a(CKB)2560000000049860 035 $a(OCoLC)180704173 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10135970 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000381756 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11297279 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000381756 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10391398 035 $a(PQKB)10448956 035 $a(CaPaEBR)404058 035 $a(CaBNvSL)jme00326425 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3412581 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10298734 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL313183 035 $a(OCoLC)923447620 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/b94p8h 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/2/404058 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3412581 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3245687 035 $a(DE-B1597)729202 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780774854320 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000049860 100 $a19940323d1995 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBritain and the origins of Canadian confederation, 1837-67 /$fGed Martin 210 $aVancouver $cUBC Press$dc1995 215 $a1 online resource (403 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780774804875 311 08$a0774804874 311 08$a9780774804882 311 08$a0774804882 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tMap -- $t1 British North America on the Eve of Confederation -- $t2 Canadian Confederation and Historical Explanation -- $t3 The Origins of British Support for Canadian Confederation -- $t4 The British and their Perceptions -- $t5 Motives and Expectations of the British -- $t6 The Role of the British in the Launching of Confederation -- $t7 The Role of the British in the Achievement of Confederation 1864-1867 -- $tConclusion -- $tNote on Sources -- $tAbbreviations -- $tNotes and References -- $tIndex 330 $aIn explaining why the British North American provinces united in 1867, historians have tended to see Confederation as a logical response to the internal and external challenges of the 1860s. With some ambiguity, they have also attributed a major role to the British imperial factor in forcing the Maritime provinces to accept their predestined place in the Canadian nation. In Britain and the Origins of Canadian Confederation, 1837-1867, Ged Martin offers a sceptical review of claims that Confederation answered all the problems facing the provinces, and examines in detail British perceptions of Canada and ideas about its future. The major British contribution to the coming of Confederation is to be found not in the aftermath of the Quebec conference, where the imperial role was mainly one of bluff and exhortation, but prior to 1864, in a vague consensus among opinion-formers that the provinces would one day unite. Faced with an inescapable need to secure legislation at Westminster for a new political structure, British North American politicians found they could work within the context of a metropolitan preference for intercolonial union. 606 $aConstitutional history$zCanada 607 $aCanada$xHistory$yConfederation, 1867 607 $aCanada$xPolitics and government$y1841-1867 607 $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government$y1837-1901 615 0$aConstitutional history 676 $a971.04/9 700 $aMartin$b Ged$0243696 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910957648303321 996 $aBritain and the origins of Canadian confederation, 1837-67$94344255 997 $aUNINA