Main entry:

Bolotenko, George, 1946-

Title & Author:

A future defined : Canada from 1849 to 1873 / George Bolotenko.

Publication:

Ottawa, Ont. : National Archives of Canada, ©1992.

Description:

xv, 253 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 28 cm

Series:

Records of our history

Notes:
Issued also in French under title: Edifier l'avenir.
Includes index.
Also published in French with title: Édifier l'avenir : le Canada de 1849 à 1873.
Responsible government (1849-1850) -- British colonies in North America at mid-century -- Mob riots, parliament burns -- The crown moves against treason -- Exploration and communication (1850-1873) -- Franklin mystery solved, Northwest Passage found -- The Hind expedition into Red River country -- The Palliser expedition into Rupert's Land -- Portaging: the bane of water travel -- Lighthouses in Newfoundland -- Connecting continents: the trans-Atlantic cable -- Colonial postage stamps: the early issues -- Ships, boats and trains carry the mails -- The winter mail -- Engineering triumphs on the intercolonial railway -- Life in British North America/Canada (1850-1873). Father Jean L'Heureux's explorations among the Plains Indians -- Lieutenant Valentine T. Rowe's observations on the Dacotah Indians -- Self-published account of life in British North America -- Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon: the woman in colonial society -- Catharine Parr Traill: advice to immigrant settlers -- Universities founded and modernized -- The "famine Irish" and immigration -- Pioneer clearing and established farming -- Mechanization touches agriculture -- Toronto: busy harbour and first smokestacks -- Charles George Meech: a logger's memoirs -- The colonies promote their manufactures at the International Exhibition -- Quebec: great fire in Lower Town -- Shipbuilding in the colonies : the glory days.
Political life, confederation and the northwest (1850-1872, 1899). The 1851 Census: the politics of numbers -- Reciprocity Treaty: free trade with the United States -- The threat behind reciprocity -- annexation -- The London Conference: assuaging language fears -- Sir Adophe-Basile Routhier: confederation viewed from Quebec -- William Kirby: confederation viewed from Ontario -- Joseph Howe and the repealers: confederation viewed from the maritime periphery -- Confederation, cholera and public health -- William Begg: Red River disturbances -- Completion of confederation (1867-1873).
Text in English and French.
Bolotenko, George, 1946- Édifier l'avenir. [Ottawa] : Archives nationales du Canada, 1992. fre onc (CaOONL) 920993044

Resources:
Government of Canada Publications / Publications du gouvernement du Canada
Government of Canada Publications / Publications du gouvernement du Canada

ISBN:

0660144107 (alk. paper)
9780660144108 (alk. paper)
0660144115 (pbk.)
9780660144115 (pbk.)
0662590600
9780662590606
0660114107
0660114115

Subject:

Politics and government.
Social conditions.
Canada History 19th century Sources.
Canada Politics and government 19th century Sources.
Canada Social conditions 19th century Sources.
Canada Histoire 19e siècle Sources.
Canada Politique et gouvernement 19e siècle Sources.
Canada Conditions sociales 19e siècle Sources.
Canada.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs.
History.
Sources.

Added entries:

National Archives of Canada.
Records of our history.

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 111966
Call No.: ID F1031.5.B65 CAN; ID:94-B872
Status: Available