The Longest Boundary: How the US-Canadian Border's Line came to be where it is, 1763 - 1910
Volume 2 - Consolidation, Confirmation and Completion
$29.73
- Paperback
456 pages
- Release Date
18 April 2024
Summary
As Volume 1 has shown, an agreed line between the US and British North America was by the mid-19th century in place across the continent. But it could only survive if the authorities and people to its north wanted to maintain it. Much of Volume 2’s focus is accordingly more domestic: Canada’s evolution, notably LaFontaine’s determination (after the 1937 and 1838 ‘Patriote’ rebellions) that French Canadian interests could best be protected by working with the Upper Canadian Reformer Baldwin to…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781803816388 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1803816384 |
| Author: | John Dunbabin |
| Publisher: | Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd |
| Imprint: | Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 456 |
| Release Date: | 18 April 2024 |
| Weight: | 666g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 26mm |
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Critics Review
Of a previous book, HISTORY wrote that it ‘represents quite a remarkable achievement, drawing together the results of a vast array of research on post-war international affairs in a readable and remarkably well structured way’
and THE SLAVONIC REVIEW that ‘Dunbabin’s comprehensive, very detailed, and well analysed book may well become one of the standard textbooks on the Cold War.’
About The Author
John Dunbabin
J.P.D. Dunbabin was for many decades Fellow & Tutor in Politics and Modern History at St. Edmund Hall, Oxford (acting as its Principal in 1998-9), and latterly also University Reader in International Relations. He retired in 2004 but has continued to be academically involved. His previous books are RURAL DISCONTENT IN NINETEENTH CENTURY BRITAIN (1974) and INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SINCE 1945, Vol. 1 THE COLD WAR (2nd. edn. 2008), Vol. 2 THE POST-IMPERIAL AGE (1994). He has also published articles and chapters on a wide range of nineteenth and twentieth century British, and twentieth century world, history, plus four articles on Canadian history.
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