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Author Belshaw, John Douglas, author.

Title Canadian history : post-confederation / John Douglas Belshaw.

Publication Info. Victoria : BCcampus, BC Open Textbook Project, [2016]

Item Status

Description 1 online resource (800 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series BC Campus open textbooks.
Open Textbooks.
Summary "This textbook introduces aspects of the history of Canada since Confederation. "Canada" in this context includes Newfoundland and all the other parts that come to be aggregated into the Dominion after 1867. Much of this text follows thematic lines. Each chapter moves chronologically but with alternative narratives in mind. What Aboriginal accounts must we place in the foreground? Which structures (economic or social) determine the range of choices available to human agents of history? What environmental questions need to be raised to gain a more complete understanding of choices made in the past and their ramifications? Each chapter is comprised of several sections and some of those are further divided. In many instances you will encounter original material that has been contributed by other university historians from across Canada who are leaders in their respective fields. They provide a diversity of voices on the subject of the nation's history and, thus, an opportunity to experience some of the complexities of understanding and approaching the past. Canadian History: Post-Confederation includes Learning Objectives and Key Points in most chapter sections, intended to help identify issues of over-arching importance. Recent interviews with historians from across Canada have been captured in video clips that are embedded throughout the web version of the book. At the end of each chapter, the Summary section includes additional features: Key Terms, Short Answer Exercises, and Suggested Readings. The key terms are bolded in the text, and collected in a Glossary in the appendix."--BC Campus website.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Confederation and the peoples of Canada -- Confederation in conflict -- Urban, industrial, and divided : socio-economic change, 1867-1920 -- Politics and conflict in Victorian and Edwardian Canada -- Immigration and the immigrant experience -- The war years, 1914-45 -- Reform movements from the 1870s to the 1980s -- The economy since 1920 -- Cold War Canada, 1945-1991 -- This is the modern world -- First Nations from Indian Act to Idle to No More -- Canada at the end of history.
Local Note Open Educational Resources (OER). Open Textbooks
Open Textbook Library
Subject Canada -- History -- 1867- -- Textbooks.
Canada.
History.
Chronological Term 1867-
Since 1867
Genre/Form Textbooks.
Electronic books.
History.
Textbooks.
Added Author BC Open Textbook Project, publisher.
BCcampus.