num_pages: 296
description: A concise elegant survey of a complex aspect of Canadian history A Short History of the State in Canada examines the theory and reality of governance within Canadas distinctive political a combination of Indigenous French and British traditions American statism and anti-statism and diverse practical experiments and experiences. E.A. Heaman takes the reader through the development of the state in both principle and practice examining Indigenous forms of government before European contact; the interplay of French and British colonial institutions before and after the Conquest of New France; the creation of the nineteenth-century liberal state; and finally the rise and reconstitution of the modern social welfare state. Moving beyond the history of institutions to include the development of political cultures and social politics A Short History of the State in Canada is a valuable introduction to the topic for political scientists historians and anyone interested in Canadas past and present.
language: English
title: A Short History of the State in Canada
publisher: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division