Showing A Short History of Canada by Desmond Morton
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Most of us know bits and pieces of our history but would like to be more sure of how it all fits together. The trick is to find a history that is so absorbing you will want to read it from beginning to end. With this book, Desmond Morton, one of Canada’s most noted and highly respected historians, shows how the choices we can make at the dawn of the 21st century have been shaped by history.
Morton is keenly aware of the links connecting our present, our past, and our future, and in one compact and engrossing volume he pulls off the remarkable feat of bringing it all together – from the First Nations before the arrival of the Europeans to the failure of the Charlottetown accord and Jean Chretien’s third term as prime minister. His acute observations on the Diefenbaker era, the effects of the post-war influx of immigrants, the flag debate, the baby boom, the Trudeau years and the constitutional crisis, the Quebec referendum, and the rise of the Canadian Alliance all provide an invaluable background to understanding the way Canada works today.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Morton is keenly aware of the links connecting our present, our past, and our future, and in one compact and engrossing volume he pulls off the remarkable feat of bringing it all together – from the First Nations before the arrival of the Europeans to the failure of the Charlottetown accord and Jean Chretien’s third term as prime minister. His acute observations on the Diefenbaker era, the effects of the post-war influx of immigrants, the flag debate, the baby boom, the Trudeau years and the constitutional crisis, the Quebec referendum, and the rise of the Canadian Alliance all provide an invaluable background to understanding the way Canada works today.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Important places
- Baffin Island (19)
- Calgary (86)
- Cape Breton Island (49)
- Edmonton (66)
- Fort Erie (10)
- Fort Garry (3)
- Fort Mcmurray (3)
- Iqaluit (4)
- Thunder Bay (32)
Regions
- British Columbia (903)
- Nunavut (74)
- Ontario (2,314)
- Nova Scotia (716)
- California (7,435)
- Alaska (1,096)
- Alberta (387)
- Manitoba (275)
Countries
- Canada (8,082)
- France (7,260)
- United Kingdom (21,421)
- United States (64,950)
Other geographical areas
- Fraser Plateau (20)
- Arctic Archipelago (37)
- Alaska Range (82)
- Central Valley (290)
- Northern Canada (299)
- Sierra Nevada (316)
- Canadian Shield (805)
- The Maritimes (1,090)
- Central Lowlands (North America) (1,334)
- Atlantic Canada (1,401)
- Canadian Praries (1,770)
- Great Plains (2,255)
- Western Canada (2,591)
- Central Canada (3,035)
- Northern California (3,440)
- Yorkshire and The Humber (6,115)
- North of England (7,026)