The Critical Years 1857-1873

The Union of British North America

Author W.L. Morton

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Volume XII of the Canadian Centenary Series

Now available as e-books for the first time, the Canadian Centenary Series is a comprehensive nineteen-volume history of the peoples and lands which form Canada. Although the series is designed as a unified whole so that no part of the story is left untold, each volume is complete in itself.

The Confederation of 1867 was the uncertain climax of more than a decade of ferment in British North America; its immediate consequence was the production by 1873 of the union of all the British colonies but one in the Dominion of Canada. In this fascinating account of those critical years, W.L. Morton shows just how complex were the events which produced that union. He…

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November 1, 2016

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A graduate of the University of Manitoba and of Oxford, W.L. MORTON (1908--1980) was provost of University College, University of Manitoba, and was professor of Canadian history and head of the university’s department of history. Executive editor of the Canadian Centenary Series, he was the author of many historical works, including Manitoba: A History, The Kingdom of Canada, and God’s Galloping Girl: The Peace River Diaries of Monica Storrs, 1929-1931. His honours included the Tyrrell Medal of the Royal Society of Canada, the Governor General’s Award for Non-fiction, and the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws of the University of Toronto.