{"product_id":"canadas-founding-debates-paperback-softback-9780802086075","title":"Canada's Founding Debates (Paperback \/ softback) 9780802086075","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCanada's Founding Debates\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJanet Ajzenstat (Edited by), Paul Romney (Edited by), Ian Gentles (Edited by), William D. Gairdner (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780802086075\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 April 2003\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e502 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.7 x 17.1 x 2.8 cm, 0.84 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'\u003cem\u003eCanada's Founding Debates\u003c\/em\u003e is a pretty wonderful book ... There is lots here for thoughtful Canadians to chew on.' - Christopher Moore, \u003cem\u003eThe Beaver\u003c\/em\u003e 'The debates are exciting. Their quality is high. The passion of the speakers shines through ... If you need to be reminded that constitutions, institutions, and the ideas they embody are passionately debated because they shape the way a political community lives, then you should thank Ajzenstat and her colleagues for the immense labour they put into the magnificent project that produced \u003cem\u003eCanada's Founding Debates\u003c\/em\u003e.' - Alan Cairns, \u003cem\u003eCanadian Journal of Political Science\u003c\/em\u003e '[\u003cem\u003eCanada's Founding Debates\u003c\/em\u003e] should be in the library not just of every serious student of Canadian history, but of every serious citizen.' - Trevor Lautens, \u003cem\u003eVancouver Sun\u003c\/em\u003e 'The editors are to be commended for producing such a splendid book.' - Barry Cooper, \u003cem\u003eNational Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCanada's Founding Debates\u003c\/em\u003e is about Confederation—about the process that brought together six out of the seven territories of British North America in the years 1864-73 to form a country called Canada. It presents excerpts from the debates on Confederation in all of the colonial parliaments from Newfoundland to British Columbia and in the constituent assembly of the Red River Colony. The voices of the powerful and those of lesser note mingle in impassioned debate on the pros and cons of creating or joining the new country, and in defining its nature.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn short explanatory essays and provocative annotations, the editors sketch the historical context of the debates and draw out the significance of what was said. By organizing the debates thematically, they bring out the depth of the founders' concern for issues that are as vital today as they were then: the meaning of liberty, the merits of democracy, the best form of self-government, the tension between collective and individual rights, the rule of law, the requirements of political leadership, and, of course, the nature of Canadian nationality. \u003cem\u003eCanada's Founding Debates\u003c\/em\u003e offers a fresh and often surprising perspective on Canada's origins, history, and political character.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreviously published by Stoddart Publishing, 1999.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePart One: What They Said About Liberty\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConstitutional Liberty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eResponsible Government\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eParliamentary Government and the Upper House\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEquality of Representation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePart Two: What They Said About Opportunity\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eEconomic Prosperity and Individual Ambition\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePart Three: What They Said About Identity\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBritish or American?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBritish or Canadian?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat Is a Canadian?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePart Four: What They About the New Nationality\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFederal Union\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMinorities and Minority Rights\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePart Five: How to Make a Constitution\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConsulting the People in Constitution Making\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDirect Democracy: Pro and Con\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendixes\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Quebec Resolutions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Legislators\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAfterword on Books\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52545888256280,"sku":"9780802086075","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/canadas-founding-debates-paperback-softback-9780802086075","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}