Introduction Jacqueline D. Krikorian, Marcel Martel and Adrian Shubert
Part 1: Perspectives from the Americas
1. Carsten-Andreas Schulz, Confederation Unknown? Latin American Views on the Emergence of Canada in 1867
2. Jacqueline D. Krikorian and David R. Cameron, The 1867 Union of the British North American Colonies: A View from the United States
3. William Jenkins, “Such bastard despotism”: Fenian Views of Canadian Confederation
4. Gabrielle Slowey, Confederation Comes at a Cost: Indigenous Peoples and the Ongoing Reality of Colonialism in Canada
Part 2: Perspectives from Europe
5. Roberto Perin, The View from The Quirinal: The Holy See and Confederation
6. Alban Bargain-Villéger, Model and Anomaly: The Canadian Confederation Seen from France, 1864-1871
7. Benno Gammerl, War was? Habsburg Perspectives on Canadian Federation
8. Josep María Fradera, Canadian Lessons, Roads not Taken: Spanish Views on Confederation
Part 3: Perspectives from Britain and the Empire
9. Edward Beasley, British Views of Canada at the Time of Confederation
10. Thomas Mohr, The Impact of Canadian Confederation in Ireland
11. Ann Curthoys, Distant Relations: Australian Perspectives on Canadian Federation
12. Kenton Storey, The Delinquent Colony: the New Zealand Press and Canadian Confederation
13. Timothy Stapleton, “The Word is Steeped in Blood and Violence”: Canadian-Style Federation in Southern Africa
14. Franklin W. Knight, The Federation Idea in the British West Indies and Canadian Confederation