History Pre-confederation (to 1867)
Confederation Debates in the Province of Canada, 1865
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Initial publish date
- Jun 2006
- Category
- Pre-Confederation (to 1867)
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- ISBN
- 9780773576032
- Publish Date
- Jun 2006
- List Price
- $95.00
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In The Confederation Debates in the Province of Canada, 1865, John A. Macdonald presses for the advantages of a strong central power; Alexander Galt puts forward the economic arguments for union; and critics of confederation, Christopher Dunkin and A.A. Dorion, express their misgivings with prophetic insight.
About the author
P.B. Waite is professor emeritus, Dalhousie University, and the author of The Life and Times of Confederation, 1864-1867 and The Man from Halifax: Sir John Thompson, Prime Minister. He is an officer of the Order of Canada.
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