Booktopia has been placed into Voluntary Administration. Orders have been temporarily suspended, whilst the process for the recapitalisation of Booktopia and/or sale of its business is completed, following which services may be re-established. All enquiries from creditors, including customers with outstanding gift cards and orders and placed prior to 3 July 2024, please visit https://www.mcgrathnicol.com/creditors/booktopia-group/
Add free shipping to your order with these great books
A Concise History of Canada : Cambridge Concise Histories - Margaret Conrad

A Concise History of Canada

By: Margaret Conrad

Paperback | 10 November 2022 | Edition Number 2

Sorry, we are not able to source the book you are looking for right now.

We did a search for other books with a similar title, however there were no matches. You can try selecting from a similar category, click on the author's name, or use the search box above to find your book.

Margaret Conrad's history of Canada explains what makes up this diverse, complex, and often contested nation-state. Beginning in Canada's deep past with the arrival of its Indigenous peoples, she traces its history through the conquest by Europeans, the American Revolutionary War, and Confederation in the nineteenth century to its prosperous present. This impressive second edition has expanded by 20 percent, including revised chapters and an insightful analysis of the fraught relationship between Justin Trudeau and Donald Trump.

As a social historian, Conrad emphasizes the relationships between Indigenous peoples and settlers, French and English, Catholic and Protestant, men and women, rich and poor. It is this grounded approach that drives the narrative and makes for compelling reading. Despite its successes and its popularity as a destination for immigrants from across the world, Canada remains a cautious and contested country. This thorough yet concise new edition explains why.

About the Author

Margaret Conrad has published widely in the fields of Canadian history, women's studies, and digital humanities. She is co-author of a two-volume History of the Canadians Peoples, Atlantic Canada: A History and Canadians and Their Pasts. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, an Officer of the Order of Canada, and served as president of the Canadian Historical Association from 2005 to 2007. She has received four honorary degrees.
Industry Reviews
'This rich survey of Canada's past features lively prose, shrewd judgments, and crisp synthesis. It integrates the history of women, Indigenous people, Atlantic Canada, and the West into a dozen well-conceived chapters that make an old story (the one built around Ontario and Quebec men) new again. I recommend it wholeheartedly.' Gerald Friesen, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Manitoba
'With this updated volume, Marg Conrad provides a well-conceived, thoughtful, and diverse account of the complicated pasts of this place now called Canada. This accessible and engaging book is well-suited for university undergraduates, more advanced students, and for anyone wishing to expand their knowledge of Canadian history.' Rhonda L. Hinther, Associate Professor of History, Brandon University
'A concise but masterful overview of the nation's past by one of Canada's most respected historians. Margaret Conrad pulls the big themes out of a complex history of a country whose identity has always been contested.' Greg Marquis, Department of History and Politics, University of New Brunswick Saint John

More in General & World History

Operation Biting - Max Hastings

RRP $37.99

$33.90

11%
OFF
Humankind : A Hopeful History - Rutger Bregman

RRP $24.99

$23.75

The Vanishing Point - Andrea Hotere

RRP $34.99

$31.75

The Diary of a Young Girl : The Definitive Edition - Anne Frank
Amazing Temples of the World - Michael Kerrigan

FREE SHIPPING

RRP $45.99

$24.95

46%
OFF
Russian Weapons of World War II - David Porter

FREE SHIPPING

RRP $45.99

$40.50

12%
OFF
Blitzkrieg : Hitler's Lightning War in Photographs - Ian Baxter

FREE SHIPPING

Wake Up : Why the World has Gone Nuts - Piers Morgan

RRP $49.99

$15.90

68%
OFF
Pathogenesis : How germs made history - Jonathan Kennedy

RRP $35.00

$31.75

Idiots, Follies and Misadventures - Mikey Robins

RRP $34.99

$31.75