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and probably over my head at times, but a very good and balanced history of Canada that I didn't get in school, 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 Canada's distinctive political heritage: a combination of Indigenous, French, and British traditions, American statism and antistatism, 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 nineteenthcentury 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 Canada's past and present.
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