Roads to Confederation: The Making of Canada, 1867 Volume 2 includes material that demonstrates the varied perspectives from the provinces and regions of Canada and the viewpoints of officials in Great Britain and the United States and significant works by scholars that question whether Confederation was truly a formative event.

V From Canada East to Quebec The French Canadians and the Birth of ConfederationJean-Charles BonenfantFrench Canadians and the Founding of ConfederationLionel GroulxThe Negation of a Nation: The Quebec Cultural Identity and Canadian Federalism Eugénie BrouilletCanada and Its Aims, According to Macdonald, Laurier, Mackenzie King and TrudeauStéphane KellyThe French-Canadian Idea of Confederation, 1864-1900A.I. Silver The East, Ontario and the West The Life and Times of Confederation, 1864-1867P.B. WaiteNew Brunswick’s Entrance into ConfederationGeorge E. WilsonThe Maritimes and Confederation: A ReassessmentPhillip BucknerThe Maritimes and ConfederationP.B. WaiteGeorge Brown J.M.S. CarelessThe West and ConfederationW. L. MortonPromise of Eden: The Canadian Expansionist Movement and the Idea of the West, 1856-1900Doug Owram The Geopolitics of Confederation Confederation; or, The Political and Parliamentary History of Canada from the Conference at Quebec, in October, 1864, to the Admission of British Columbia, in July, 1871John Hamilton GrayBritish Policy in Canadian ConfederationChester MartinBritain’s Withdrawal from North America, 1864–1871C.P. StaceyThe United States and Confederation Yves RobySeward’s Attempt to Annex British Columbia, 1865-1869David E. Shi 1867: A Formative Event? Unequal Union: Roots of Crisis in the Canadas, 1815-1873Stanley B. RyersonOn the Edge of Empire: Gender, Race and the Making of British Columbia, 1849-1871Adele PerryThe Origins of Quebec SocietyFernand DumontThe Liberal Order Framework: A Prospectus for a Reconnaissance of Canadian HistoryIan McKayClearing the Plains: Disease, Politics of Starvation and the Loss of Aboriginal LifeJames W. Daschuk

"The wide range of perspectives will be valuable to students and scholars, particularly in examining the centrality of the Confederation moment and tensions informing Canadian nationalism, or even geopolitical interest that shaped Canada in North America."

"Starting with the voices and stories of those who were forgotten, Roads to Confederation brings 150 years of Confederation scholarship to the public. The editors are experienced scholars and writers in the field, and they do write well here!"