'A Peaceable Kingdom': Essays on Nineteenth Century Canada

by Richard Brown

The essays in this book seek to unpick the notion of the 'peaceable kingdom' in the light of the violence that permeated Canada between 1837 and 1885 and argue that, far from having little impact on the development of Canada from a colonial state to a continental dominion, violence played a seminal influence in stimulating constitutional development. The British government's response to the rebellions in Upper and Lower Canada in 1837 and 1838 was...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1484087887
• ISBN13: 9781484087886
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 484 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"