This beautifully written narrative history paints a magnificent picture of the second largest nation on earth.

Table of Contents

• Foreword
• Preface
• Introduction
• Flags and Emblems
• National Anthem and Participants to the First Ministers’ Constitutional Conference
• Fathers of Confederation
• Prime Ministers of Canada
• Governors General of Canada
• Maps
• Chapter 1 One of the Best Countries on Earth
• Chapter 2 Native Peoples, Europeans, and a Clash of Cultures (Prehistory—1663)
• Chapter 3 The Age of New France (1663-1763)
• Chapter 4 British North America (1763-1850s)
• Chapter 5 Confederation and National Expansion (1850s—1890s)
• Chapter 6 A New Century (1890s-1929)
• Chapter 7 Trial of Nationhood: The Great Depression and the War (1929-1945)
• Chapter 8 Cold War Canada (1945-1960s)
• Chapter 9 One Nation or Two? (1960s-1984)
• Chapter 10 Late Twentieth-Century Canada (1984-2000)
• Chapter 11 Contemporary Canada (2001-2010)
• Notable People in the History of Canada
• Timeline of Historical Events
• Primary Documents
• The Vancouver Winter Olympics and the Press - National Post; Globe and Mail
• Joe Canadian Rant - Canadian Studies in the New Millennium
• Champlain's Assessment of Native Peoples - Voyages to New France
• The Old World Becomes the New World - The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents: Travels and Explorations of the Jesuit Missionaries in New France
• A Portrait of Life in New France - Canada in the 17th Century
• A Church Perspective on Women and Their Clothing - The French Regime
• A Military Perspective During the Seven Years’ War - Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New York
• The Acadian Experience - The Acadian Deportation: Deliberate Perfidy or Cruel Necessity?
• One Loyalist's Perspective - Winslow Papers
• Mackenzie's Call to Arms - The Selected Writings of William Lyon Mackenzie
• A Perspective of Life in the Backwoods - I Bless You in My Heart: Selected Correspondence of Catharine Parr Traill
• The Argument in Favor of Confederation - The Confederation Debates in the Province of Canada
• The Argument Against Confederation - Canada's Founding Debates and The Speeches and Public Letters of Joseph Howe
• The British North America Act - Confederation: 1867
• Louis Riel on Trial - The Queen v. Louis Riel
• Sifton's Rationale for Immigration - Immigration and the Rise of Multiculturalism
• The Necessity for Victory - Canada at War
• An Argument Against Conscription - Win the War and Lose Canada
• A Case for Women's Suffrage - The Proper Sphere: Women's Place in Canadian Society
• Letters from the Heartland - The Wretched of Canada
• The CCF Platform -A Prophet in Politics: A Biography of J.S. Woodsworth
• A Portrait of the Fighting Forces - On the Battlefields: Two World Wars that Shaped a Nation
• A Japanese-Canadian Perspective - This Is My Own: Letters to Wes & Other Writings on Japanese Canadians
• Smallwood's Argument for Confederation - I Chose Canada
• Diefenbaker and Nuclear Weapons - Canadian Foreign Policy Since 1945: Middle Power or Satellite?
• Recommendations of the Massey Report - Readings in Canadian History: Post-Confederation
• A Voice of the New Quebec - An Option for Canada
• The Underside of Canadian Society - The Vertical Mosaic: An Analysis of Social Class and Power in Canada
• Keenleyside's Letter - The Star-Spangled Beaver
• Perspectives of History and the Sovereignty-Association Question - A New Deal and Readings in Canadian History: Post-Confederation
• Charter of Rights and Freedoms - The Charter of Rights and Freedoms: A Guide for Canadians
• An Argument Against Free Trade - Leap of Faith: Free Trade and the Future of Canada
• First Nations Charter - Material Memory: Documents in Post-Confederation History
• A Voice of New Canadians - Voices of Chinese Canadian Women
• An Environmentalist's Perspective - Time to Change: Essays
• A Celebration of Canada's Role in Afghanistan - What the Thunder Said: Reflections of a Canadian Officer in Kandahar
• Canada's Position on Arctic Sovereignty - http://pm.gc.ca/eng/media.asp?id=2259
• Canadian Insights Using Humor - Rick Mercer Report: The Book
• Bibliographic Essay