The Civil War years : Canada and the United States /

"While the Yankees and the Confederates fought a ruthless civil war in the United States, Britain and the northern states waged a "war in anticipation" as British North America waited and wondered whether the federal army of the United States would invade. Robin Winks's classic s...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Winks, Robin W.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Montreal, Que. : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1998.
Edition:4th ed.
Subjects:
1841-1867
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Diplomatic relations.
Canada > History > 1841-1867.
United States > Foreign relations > 1861-1865.
United States > Foreign relations > Canada.
Canada > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
Canada > Histoire > 1841-1867.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > 1861-1865.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > Canada.
Canada > Relations extérieures > États-Unis.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession)
Canada.
United States.
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Shifting tides of opinion
  • The northern policy-makers
  • William H. Seward as would-be Premier
  • Poisoning the well
  • "One war at a time": the Trent affair
  • Interlude: Petites Choses
  • Controlling the border
  • The British North American west and the civil war
  • The British North American and the northern armies
  • Public opinion in British North America on the civil war
  • The second Chesapeake affair
  • Confederate commissioners in British North America
  • Testing Canadian neutrality: the St. Albans Raid and its aftermath
  • Days of decision: confederation, reciprocity, and defense
  • "Chosen by angels"
  • Tward continental security?

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