Canada and the United States: the Civil War years.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Press [1960]Description: xviii, 430 p. 24 cmSubject(s): LOC classification:
  • E469 .W5
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 -- Testing Canadian Neutrality: the St. Albans Raid and its aftermath -- Days of decision: confederation, reciprocity, and defense -- "Chosen by angels" -- Toward continental security.
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Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks E469.W5 1960 1 Available 33710001149991

"Originally submitted as a doctoral dissertation [Maple leaf and eagle: Canadian-American relations during the American Civil War] to the Department of History at the Johns Hopkins University, and subsequently revised and shortened."

"A note on sources": p. 382-397.

Bibliographical footnotes.

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 -- Testing Canadian Neutrality: the St. Albans Raid and its aftermath -- Days of decision: confederation, reciprocity, and defense -- "Chosen by angels" -- Toward continental security.