Author: John George Lambton Earl of DurhamPublisher: Oxford : Clarendon Press
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Lord Durham's Report on the Affairs of British North America
Author: John George Lambton Earl of DurhamPublisher: Oxford : Clarendon Press
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
The Durham Report and British Policy
Author: Ged MartinPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521085304
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
In 1838 Lord Melbourne's Whig government in Britain sent the radical Lord Durham to Canada as Governor-General to deal with a colony in the aftermath of a rebellion. Durham's vanity and arrogance made him a poor choice for the post, and he resigned a few months later after the government had been forced to overrule him for exceeding his powers. After his return to Britain he wrote his Report on the Affairs of British North America - and its unauthorized publication in the Times caused a sensation. This report - the famous 'Durham Report' - has been seen as the starting point of the British tradition of colonial self-rule leading through the Statute of Westminster of 1931 to the independent self-governing Commonwealth of today.
Lord Durham's Report
Author: Gerald M. CraigPublisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773575480
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
In his famous 1839 call to reform, John George Lambton, Earl of Durham, recommended that Upper and Lower Canada be accorded responsible government by uniting the two provinces under a single legislative assembly - a union which would also bring about the assimilation of the French-Canadians. The Report has been criticized ever since - from British imperialists who found it dangerously liberal to French Canadians who despised Durham for his presumed racism. This new edition of Gerald Craig's abridgement retains his 1963 introduction and adds essays that debate Durham's political assumptions and goals, re-examine the philosophical and historical context in which the Report was created, and review the Report's reception and influence. Janet Ajzenstat reconsiders the report in the context of nineteenth-century debates about the relation between culture and political institutions, arguing that Durham should be seen as a progressive universalist opposed to the divisions of race and creed who wanted to give more freedom to French- and English-Canadians alike. Guy Laforest re-examines the report in terms of British liberal imperialism and twentieth-century English-Canadian perspectives to argue that Durham was a one-sided sociologist and the first in long line who used liberalism for imperialist purposes.
Lord Durham's Report on the Affairs of British North America
Author: John George Lambton Earl of DurhamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Political Thought of Lord Durham
Author: Janet AjzenstatPublisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 9780773506374
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Lord Durham's Report on the Affairs of British North America is usually discussed only in terms of its historical context - the events that brought Durham to Canada and the consequences of the Report's reform proposals. In a markedly different approach, Janet Ajzenstat treats the Report as a text in modern political thought. She develops Durham's underlying arguments and assumptions, demonstrating the essentially liberal character of his recommendations and revealing a tough-minded argument about political freedom and the place of national minorities in a free society.
Surveyors of Empire
Author: Stephen J. HornsbyPublisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773587349
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Using research from both sides of the Atlantic, Stephen Hornsby examines the development of British military cartography in North America during and after the Seven Years War, as well as advancements in military and scientific equipment used in surveying. At the same time, he follows the land speculation of two leading surveyors, Samuel Holland and J.F.W. Des Barres, and the publication history of The Atlantic Neptune. Richly illustrated with images from The Atlantic Neptune and earlier maps, Surveyors of Empire is an insightful account of the relationship between science and imperialism, and the British shaping of the Atlantic world.
Durham County
Author: Jean Bradley AndersonPublisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822349833
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
This sweeping history of Durham County, North Carolina, extends from the seventeenth century to the end of the twentieth.
China's Influence and American Interests
Author: Larry DiamondPublisher: Hoover Press
ISBN: 0817922865
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
While Americans are generally aware of China's ambitions as a global economic and military superpower, few understand just how deeply and assertively that country has already sought to influence American society. As the authors of this volume write, it is time for a wake-up call. In documenting the extent of Beijing's expanding influence operations inside the United States, they aim to raise awareness of China's efforts to penetrate and sway a range of American institutions: state and local governments, academic institutions, think tanks, media, and businesses. And they highlight other aspects of the propagandistic “discourse war” waged by the Chinese government and Communist Party leaders that are less expected and more alarming, such as their view of Chinese Americans as members of a worldwide Chinese diaspora that owes undefined allegiance to the so-called Motherland.Featuring ideas and policy proposals from leading China specialists, China's Influence and American Interests argues that a successful future relationship requires a rebalancing toward greater transparency, reciprocity, and fairness. Throughout, the authors also strongly state the importance of avoiding casting aspersions on Chinese and on Chinese Americans, who constitute a vital portion of American society. But if the United States is to fare well in this increasingly adversarial relationship with China, Americans must have a far better sense of that country's ambitions and methods than they do now.
Once and Future Canadian Democracy
Author: Janet AjzenstatPublisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773526587
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
Annotation An inspiring case for parliamentary democracy and a sympathetic exploration of current discontents.
Staples and Beyond
Author: Mel WatkinsPublisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773531440
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
Mel Watkins is an iconic figure in the development of the 'new' political economy. Bringing together Watkins' scholarly articles, this collection addresses the 'staple thesis' of Canadian economic and political development and the effort to extend Harold Innis' work by considering class relations and the role of the state.