From award-winning author J.M. Bumsted comes this new and expanded edition of The Peoples of Canada: A Pre-Confederation History. Thoroughly revised and updated to incorporate new scholarship and fresh approaches, the third edition traces the patterns of early immigration over the Bering Strait and across the Atlantic, while highlighting landmark political, economic, cultural, and social developments in the years before 1867. The first part of a two-volume set, the text now extends its coverage past Confederation to the milestone year of 1885, when the completion of the CPR united the nation-and the hanging of Louis Riel deepened the divisions between its French, English, and Aboriginal peoples. Bringing all the hallmarks of previous editions together with significant new material and indispensable pedagogical tools, The Peoples of Canada, third edition, is the definitive introduction to pre-Confederation Canadian history. Highlights Primary-source documents-newspapers, pamphlets, letters-give students a chance to handle the raw materials of history. Timelines at the start of each chapter help readers connect major themes and events within the chronological narrative.

Substantial essays on the writing of history in three subject areas-Aboriginal peoples, women, and Confederation-show students how interpretations of the past can evolve over time. Brief biographies of both famous and little-known historical figures ground pre-Confederation themes and events in the lives of real people. A companion website features abundant ancillary resources for students and instructors. Book jacket.