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Author Smith, Andrew, 1976-

Title British businessmen and Canadian confederation : constitution-making in an era of Anglo-globalization / Andrew Smith
Published Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 229 pages)
Contents 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
Notes English
Subject British North American Association.
SUBJECT British North American Association fast
Confederation of Canada (1867) fast
Subject Capitalism -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
Investments, British -- Canada -- History -- 19th century
HISTORY -- Canada -- Pre-Confederation (to 1867)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- General.
British colonies
Capitalism
Economic policy
Investments, British
Colonies -- Administration
Investition.
Wirtschaftspolitik.
Auslandsinvestition.
Kapitalismus.
SUBJECT Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- Administration
Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- Economic policy
Canada -- History -- Confederation, 1867. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85019326
Subject America
Canada
Great Britain
Großbritannien.
Kanada.
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
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