The Union of the Canadas; the Growth of Canadian Institutions, 1841-1857Detailed account of a complex and turbulent era which demonstrates how the union which was intended to facilitate the assimilation of the French Canadians was to entrench duality instead. |
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The Pattern of Union 18401841 | 3 |
The Brief Reign of Harmony 1841 | 45 |
Crossing the Watershed 18441846 | 97 |
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