A History of the Canadian Peoples

The most accessible and balanced text for introductory Canadian history courses

This fascinating introduction to the history of Canada from pre-contact to the present weaves together social, political, cultural, and economic histories in a seamless narrative to help readers appreciate the remarkable people and events that have shaped this country.

J. M. Bumsted, Professor Emeritus, Department of History, University of Manitoba,Michael C. Bumsted

The late J.M. Bumsted was a professor at the University of Manitoba. He also taught at both Simon Fraser University and McMaster University. His research areas included the history of Prince Edward Island, Manitoba, and cultural history. Bumsted was also the author of The Peoples of Canada: A
Post-Confederation History, 4e (OUP 2014), and The Peoples of Canada: A Pre-Confederation History 4e (OUP 2014).

Michael Bumsted has a PhD from the University of Aberdeen, where he taught a number of introductory anthropology courses. His research areas include material history and focus around the Hudson's Bay Company and the fur trade. Michael has researched alongside his father for most of his life and won
the 2001 Edward C. Shaw Award Young Historians award for his essay, "From the Red to the Nile: William Nassau Kennedy and the Manitoba Contingent of Voyageurs in the Gordon Relief Expedition, 1884-1885."

List of Maps
Preface
Introduction: Understanding History
1. The Beginnings: Indigenous Histories in North America NEW
2. Europe Arrives
3. Europe Settles In: Newfoundland, Acadia, New France
4. Struggling for a Continent, 1667-1759
5. Becoming and Remaining British, 1760-1815
6. Relying on Resources, 1816-1840
7. Becoming a Nation, 1840-1885
8. Becoming Modern, 1885-1913
9. Two Wars and a Depression, 1914-1944
10. Prospering Together, 1945-1960
11. Edging Towards the Abyss, 1958-1972
12. Coming Apart, 1992-2001
13. Freefalling into the Twenty-First Century, 1992-2001
Epilogue
References
Index