Description |
1 online resource. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Series |
Themes in Canadian history ; 11
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Themes in Canadian history ; 11.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary |
"A concise, elegant survey of a complex aspect of Canadian history, A Short History of the State in Canada examines the theory and reality of governance within Canada's distinctive political heritage: a combination of Indigenous, French, and British traditions, American statism and anti-statism, and diverse, practical experiments and experiences. E.A. Heaman takes the reader through the development of the state in both principle and practice, examining Indigenous forms of government before European contact; the interplay of French and British colonial institutions before and after the Conquest of New France; the creation of the nineteenth-century liberal state; and, finally, the rise and reconstitution of the modern social welfare state. Moving beyond the history of institutions to include the development of political cultures and social politics, A Short History of the State in Canada is a valuable introduction to the topic for political scientists, historians, and anyone interested in Canada's past and present."-- From publisher's website. |
Contents |
1. In the Absence of the State -- 2. The Ancien-Regime State -- 3. The Liberal State in the Nineteenth Century -- 4. The People's State in the Twentieth Century. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Canada -- Politics and government -- Historiography.
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Canada. |
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Politics and government. |
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Historiography. |
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Canada -- Social conditions -- Historiography.
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Social conditions. |
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Political culture -- Canada -- Historiography.
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Political culture. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Heaman, Elsbeth, 1964- author. Short history of the state in Canada 9781442637078 (OCoLC)907661828 |
ISBN |
9781442624528 electronic book |
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1442624523 electronic book |
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9781442637078 |
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1442637072 |
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9781442628687 |
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1442628685 |
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