John A. Macdonald : : The Young Politician. The Old Chieftain /

John A. Macdonald : : The Young Politician. The Old Chieftain / / Estate of Donald Creighton.

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The Dictionary of Canadian Biography calls this work 'probably the greatest Canadian biography yet published in English.' Donald Creighton's two-volume account of Canada's first Prime Minister was originally published in the 1950s as 'John A. Macdonald: The Young Lion'...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
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Estate of Donald Creighton,
TeilnehmendeR:
Waite, P.B.
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©1998
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:RICH: Reprints in Canadian History
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Physical Description:1 online resource (1216 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Donald Creighton and His Macdonald
  • Contents
  • I. The Immigrant Macdonalds (1815-1830)
  • II. The Lawyer's Apprentice (1830-1837)
  • III. First Public Appearances (1837-1839)
  • IV. The New Conservative Candidate (1839-1844)
  • V. Minister of the Crown (1844-1847)
  • VI. The Twilight of the Tory Party (1847-1849)
  • VII. Years of Recovery (1849-1851)
  • VIII. The Liberal-Conservative Coalition (1851-1854)
  • IX. The Victory of the Progressive-Conservatives (1854-1856)
  • X. Double Shuffle (1856-1858)
  • XI. The Humiliation of George Brown (1858-1861)
  • XII. Impasse (1861-1864)
  • XIII. British North America in Conference (June-December, 1864)
  • XIV. Checkmate (January, 1865-April, 1866)
  • XV. Triumph (April, 1866-March, 1867)
  • Epilogue—The First of July, 1867
  • A Note on Authorities
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Frontmatter2
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • I. The Pacification of Nova Scotia (1867-1869)
  • II. The West in Jeopardy (1869-1870)
  • III. Fish and Diplomacy (1870-1871)
  • IV. Design for the Future (1871-1872)
  • V. Blackmail (1872-1873)
  • VI. The Forked Road (1873-1876)
  • VII. The Picnic Grounds of Ontario (1876-1878)
  • VIII. The Plan in Realization (1878-1880)
  • IX. Contract for Steel (1880-1881)
  • X. Good Times (1881-1883)
  • XI. Stand Fast, Craigellachie! (1883-1884)
  • XII. Triumph and Disaster (1884-1885)
  • XIII. The Revolt of the Provinces (1885-1887)
  • XIV. The Renewal of Cultural Conflict (1887-1889)
  • XV. The Last Election (1889-1891)
  • Epilogue – The Sixth of June, 1891
  • A Note on Authorities
  • Notes
  • Index

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