Introduction: Understanding HistoryPart I: To 1763Introduction1. The Peoples of Early British North America2. Contacts and Encounters3. Early European Approaches4. The Atlantic Region to 16705. Canada to 16636. Canada, 1663-1763: Government, Military, Economy7. Canada, 1663-1763: Population, Society, Culture8.
The Peripheries of the Empires, 1670-17609. A Century of Conflict, 1660-1760Writing about Aboriginal Peoples' HistoryPart II: 1780-1840Introduction10. The Expansion and Contraction of British North America, 1760-178211. Loyalties and Loyalists, 1775-179112. Colonial Politics, War, and Rebellion, 1791-184013. Peopling British North America, 1790-184014. The Colonial Economy, 1791-184015. Colonial Society and Culture, 1781-1840Writing about Women's HistoryPart III: 1840-1870Introduction16.
Political and Administrative Reform, 1840-186017. Reorientation: British North America and the Empire after 184018. Reorientation: British North America and the American Continent after 184019. The West and the North, 1840-187020. Early Victorian Society, 1840-187021. Education and Communications, 1840-187022. Early Victorian Culture, 1840-187023. Industrialization, 1850-187024.
Unification, 1862-1867Writing about British North America and the British EmpirePart IV: 1867-1885Introduction25. The Completion of Confederation, 1867-187326. Envisioning the New Nation, 1867-1885NotesIndex.