John A. Macdonald Canada's First Prime Minister

Name: John A. Macdonald Canada's First Prime Minister
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ISBN: 9781459706514

ISBN-10: 145970651X

ISBN-13: 9781459706514

Edition: 2013

Authors: Ged Martin

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Shocked by Canada's 1837 rebellions, John A. Macdonald sought to build alliances and avoid future conflicts. Thanks to financial worries and an alcohol problem, he almost quit politics in 1864. The challenge of building Confederation harnessed his skills, and in 1867 he became the country's first prime minister.As "Sir John A.," he drove the Dominion's westward expansion, rapidly incorporating the Prairies and British Columbia before a railway contract scandal unseated him in 1873. He conquered his drinking problem and rebuilt the Conservative Party to regain power in 1878. Centrepiece of his protectionist National Policy was the transcontinental railway, but a western uprising in 1885 was…

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List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Publication date: 6/1/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English

Ged Martin formerly held the chair of Canadian Studies at the University of Edinburgh.



Acknowledgements


Introduction: Only Make a Beginning



1815-1839: I Had No Boyhood



1839-1854: Idleness Is No Pleasure



1854-1864: The Dreary Waste of Colonial Politics



1864-1867: Confederation, Under a Female Sovereign



1867-1872: Gristle into Bone



1872-1877: John A. Beats the Devil



1878-1886: The Realization of All My Dreams



1886-1891: You'll Never Die, John A.!


Chronology


Note on Sources


Index