Cover13; -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction: Canadas Heritage in the City -- 2 An Empire That Did Little for Manchester but Much for the City of London -- 3 From Bad to Worse: 18601862 -- 4 The British North American Association and Its Campaign -- 5 Attempted Economic Decolonization: The Short Premiership of John Sandfield Macdonald -- 6 Reconciling Britishness and Federalism: British Reactions to the Quebec Resolutions -- 7 The British Parliamentary Debates on Confederation -- 8 Gentlemanly Capitalism after the British North America Act -- Notes on Sources -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W
Summary
Without pressure from a small but influential group of London financiers, Confederation would not have occurred in 1867, if at all. These financiers supported the unification of the British North American colonies because they believed it would rescue their under-performing investments and keep British North America within the British Empire
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-155) and index