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Book SynopsisCanadian Confederation has long been assessed as a political moment that created a new national entity. This book breaks new ground by arguing that Confederation was an imperial event that generated new questions and ideas about the future of global political order.
Trade Review"Questions of Order is a nineteenth-century scrapbook of the land we left behind. Price is an enthusiastic chronicler. He guides readers through a time capsule of an era so different from ours Canada Day would be unrecognizable to the Fathers of Confederation." -- Holly Doan * Blacklock’s Reporter *
"Price delivers admirably. His book is a detailed exploration of how certain individuals (mostly highly educated and articulate) wrote about this new thing called the Dominion of Canada. He does a wonderful job digging into the magazines and books that were published in the decades after Confederation; Questions of Order essentially follows a nineteenth-century version of a scholarly Twitter debate, although, as was fitting for its age, the debate was long and drawn-out." -- Christopher Dummitt, Trent University *
Literary Review of Canada *
"Price has advanced the discussion, producing a focused and readable study of the many ways that English Canadian thinkers struggled with the meaning of Confederation." -- Steve Penfold, University of Toronto Press *
Early Canadian History *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: "A Time of Iconoclasm": Confederation and Transformations in Political Thought 1. An Age of Nation Making: Nation, State, and the Question of Canada’s Future 2. Cultivating a Constitution: Defining the Legal Foundations of Political Community 3. Making Up the People: Ideas of Common Peoplehood and Citizenship 4. Debating and Declaring Loyalty: The Evolution and Rhetorical Limits of Allegiance 5. Naturalizing Modern Political Association: Naturalization and Nationality Law Reform Conclusion: "No Merely Passive Spectator": Canada in a Modern World Notes Bibliography Index
