Getting it Wrong: How Canadians Forgot Their Past and Imperilled Confederation

Paul Romney

Published by University of Toronto Press 1999

Getting it Wrong

How Canadians Forgot Their Past and Imperilled Confederation

Paul Romney

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442675315

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About this book

This provocative book explains how divergent views of Canada’s past have sown dissension between Québécois and other Canadians, disclosing a lost middle ground between the Canadian nationalist and Québec nationalist visions of Canadian history.

Author / Editor information

Romney Paul :

Paul Romney has been writing on Canadian history for thirty years.

Reviews

John Herd Thompson, co-author of Canada and the United States: Ambivalent Allies:

'A brilliantly original contribution to Canada's never-ending constitutional debate.'

Christopher Moore, author of 1867: How the Fathers Made a Deal:

'A brilliantly original contribution to Canada's never-ending constitutional debate.'

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
1. Introduction: ‘The Hard Light of History’ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part One 1820–1850: Reformers and Responsible Government
2. Reform versus Loyalism: Two Canadian Myths Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
3. Strangers in Their Own Land Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
4. A Federal Constitution: Reformers and the Empire Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	42
5. Myths of Responsible Government Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
Part Two 1850–1890: The Confederation Compact
6. ‘One Great Confederation’ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
7. Confederation: The Untold Story Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
8. Je me souviens: The Great Fight for Responsible Government, Part III Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
9. Peoples and Pacts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	124
Part Three 1890–1940: Forgetting the Compact
10. Amending the Constitution Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
11. Centralist Revolution Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
12. Continentalism, Imperialism, Nationalism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
13. English Canada Forgets Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	200
Part Four 1940–1982: Continentalism and Nationalisms
14. The New Canadian Nationalism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
15. Canadian Nationalists and the Quiet Revolution Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	236
16. A Historic Blunder: Trudeau and Patriation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	258
17. Conclusion: Getting It Wrong, Putting It Right Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	277
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	293
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	319

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 320

eBook

Published: November 10, 1999
ISBN: 9781442675315