{"product_id":"globalizing-confederation-canada-and-the-world-in-1867-paperback-softback-9781487521905","title":"Globalizing Confederation; Canada and the World in 1867 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781487521905","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGlobalizing Confederation\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCanada and the World in 1867\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJacqueline D. Krikorian (Edited by), Marcel Martel (Edited by), Adrian Shubert (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487521905\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 16 November 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e280 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.42 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\u003cp\u003e\"This book makes a unique contribution to a field that has seen no shortage of works. I thoroughly recommend it to both specialists and general readers alike.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Jatinder Mann, Hong Kong Baptist University (\u003cem\u003eBritish Journal of Canadian Studies\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\u003ci\u003eGlobalizing Confederation \u003c\/i\u003ebrings together original research from 17 scholars to provide an international perspective on Canada\u0026amp;#x2019;s Confederation in 1867. In seeking to ascertain how others understood, constructed or considered the changes taking place in British North America, \u003ci\u003eGlobalizing Confederation \u003c\/i\u003eunpacks\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ea range of\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eviewpoints, including those from foreign governments, British colonies, and Indigenous peoples.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploring perspectives from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, France, Latin America, New Zealand, and the Vatican, among others, as well as considering the impact of Confederation on the rights of Indigenous peoples during this period, the contributors to this collection present how Canada\u0026amp;#x2019;s Confederation captured the imaginations of people around the world in the 1860s.  \u003ci\u003eGlobalizing Confederation \u003c\/i\u003ereveals how\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003esome viewed the 1867 changes to Canada as part of a reorganization of the British Empire, while others contextualized it in the literature on colonization more broadly, while still others framed the event as part of a re-alignment or power shift among the Spanish, French and British empires. While many people showed interest in the Confederation debates, others, such as South Africa and the West Indies, expressed little interest in the establishment of Canada until it had profound effects on their corners of the global political landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/b\u003eJacqueline D. Krikorian, Marcel Martel and Adrian Shubert\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1: Perspectives from the Americas\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Carsten-Andreas Schulz, Confederation Unknown? Latin American Views on the Emergence of Canada in 1867\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Jacqueline D. Krikorian and David R. Cameron, The 1867 Union of the British North American Colonies: A View from the United States\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. William Jenkins, \"Such bastard despotism\": Fenian Views of Canadian Confederation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Gabrielle Slowey, Confederation Comes at a Cost: Indigenous Peoples and the Ongoing Reality of Colonialism in Canada \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2: Perspectives from Europe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Roberto Perin, The View from The Quirinal: The Holy See and Confederation \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Alban Bargain-Villéger, Model and Anomaly: The Canadian Confederation Seen from France, 1864-1871 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Benno Gammerl, \u003ci\u003eWar was? \u003c\/i\u003eHabsburg Perspectives on Canadian Federation \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Josep María Fradera, Canadian Lessons, Roads not Taken: Spanish Views on Confederation \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 3: Perspectives from Britain and the Empire \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Edward Beasley, British Views of Canada at the Time of Confederation \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Thomas Mohr, The Impact of Canadian Confederation in Ireland \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Ann Curthoys, Distant Relations: Australian Perspectives on Canadian Federation \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Kenton Storey, The Delinquent Colony: the New Zealand Press and Canadian Confederation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Timothy Stapleton, \"The Word is Steeped in Blood and Violence\": Canadian-Style Federation in Southern Africa\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Franklin W. Knight, The Federation Idea in the British West Indies and Canadian Confederation\u003c\/p\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":52595498516760,"sku":"9781487521905","price":18.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/globalizing-confederation-canada-and-the-world-in-1867-paperback-softback-9781487521905","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}