Introduction: Understanding HistoryPart I. 1867-1885Introduction1. The Completion of Confederation, 1867-18732. Envisioning the New Nation, 1867-1885Part II. 1885-1914Introduction3. The First Triumph of Industrialism, 1885-19144. Urban Canada, 1885-19145. Rural Canada, 1885-19146.

Culture, 1870-19147. Politics and the National Question, 1885-19148. The Era of Social Reform, 1885-1914Writing about Agriculture and Rural SocietyPart III. 1914-1945Introduction9. The Great War and its Aftermath, 1914-191910. Economy, Polity, and the "Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice," 1919-193911. Canadian Society, 1919-194112. Canadian Culture, 1919-193913.

Canada and the Second World War, 1939-1945Writing about War in CanadaPart IV. 1945-1972Introduction14. Prosperity and Growth, 1946-197215. The Era of Liberal Consensus, 1946-197216. Quebec and Confederation, 1945-197217. The New Suburban Society, 1945-197218. The Beginnings of Modern Cultural Policy, 1945-197219. The Making of Canadian Culture, 1945-1972Part V.

1972-2000Introduction20. The Collapse of Liberal Federalism, 1972-199121. The Provinces, the Constitution, and the Charter of Rights, 1968-200222. The Fragmentation of Conservatism, 1990-200223. Canadian Society and Culture, 1972-200224. Canada and the World, 1946-2002Writing about Immigration and EthnicityEpilogue: Into the New Millennium. NotesIndexMapsCanada in 1873Canada in 1882The numbered treatiesCanada in 1898 and 1905Canada in 1949Canada in 1999.