{"product_id":"questions-of-order-9781487502799","title":"Questions of Order","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCanadian 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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 *\u003cbr\u003e\"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 * \u003cem\u003eLiterary Review of Canada\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"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 * \u003cem\u003eEarly Canadian History\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments    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","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409139671383,"sku":"9781487502799","price":41.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781487502799.jpg?v=1730505585","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/questions-of-order-9781487502799","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}