Canada in the European Age, 1453-1919 9780773575462

Table of contents :
Contents
Introduction to the 2006 Edition
Acknowledgments
Preface to the First Edition
PART ONE: THE AGE OF BULLIONISM
1 The Discoveries
2 The Foundations of English Bullionism
3 The Foundations of French Bullionism
4 The Aftermath of the Discoveries
PART TWO: THE AGE OF MERCANTILISM
5 The Origins of the English Plantation System
6 The Origins of the French Plantation System
7 Competition for Empire, 1663-1713
8 France in America, 1713-1763
9 Competition for Empire, 1713-1763
10 The Triumph and Collapse of British Mercantilism
PART THREE: THE AGE OF INDUSTRY
11 The Industrial Revolution and the Colonial System
12 Competition for Empire, 1793-1832
13 The Atlantic Seaboard: From Mercantilism to Industrial Capitalism
14 The Contest for the Continental Interior, 1763-1821
15 Emigration and Colonization, 1763-1841
16 Finance and Politics in Canada, 1793-1841
PART FOUR: THE AGE OF STEAM AND STEEL
17 The Triumph of Steam and Gold
18 Commercial Reorientation and Structural Change in the Economy of United Canada
19 The Dawn of the Railway Age in British North America
20 The Railroad to Confederation: Canadian Expansion
21 The Railroad to Confederation: The Maritime Response
22 Reconquest of the Northwest
23 The Rise of the Pacific Economy
24 Fur Trade and Pacific Empire
25 From Company Colony to Company Province
PART FIVE: THE AGE OF HIGH IMPERIALISM
26 Imperialist Rivalries, 1873-1914
27 A Railway from Europe to China
28 The Contest for the Continental Interior, 1873-1914
29 Canada and the Cross of Gold
30 Industrial Development and Continental Integration
31 Transcontinental Empire
32 Canadian Expansion Overseas
33 The Approach of War
34 The Canadian Economy in the Great War
35 The Aftermath of War
Notes and Sources
Bibliography
Index
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