1867: How the Fathers Made a Deal - Christopher Moore - Books - McClelland & Stewart Inc. - 9780771060960 - October 10, 1998
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1867: How the Fathers Made a Deal

Christopher Moore

1867: How the Fathers Made a Deal

?In the 1860s, western alienation began at Yonge Street, and George Brown was the Preston Manning of the day.? So begins Christopher Moore?s fascinating 1990s look at the messy, dramatic, crisis-ridden process that brought Canada into being ? and at the politicians, no more lovable or united than our own, who, against all odds, managed to forge a deal that worked.

From the first chapter, he turns a fresh, perceptive, and lucid eye on the people, the issues, and the political theories of Confederation ? from John A. Macdonald?s canny handling of leadership to the invention of federalism and the Senate, from the Quebec question to the influence of political philosophers Edmund Burke and Walter Bagehot.

This is a book for all Canadians who love their country ? and fear for it after the failure of the constitution-making of the 1990s. Here is a clear, entertaining reintroduction to the ideas and processes that forged the nation.


From the Hardcover edition.


296 pages

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released October 10, 1998
ISBN13 9780771060960
Publishers McClelland & Stewart Inc.
Pages 296
Dimensions 153 × 229 × 15 mm   ·   403 g
Language English  

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