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03365aam a2200445Ii 4500 001 DFDD3D68EA0A11E7B6F5700597128E48 003 SILO 005 20171226010227 008 161125t20172017xxca b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 0773549625 020 $a 9780773549623 035 $a (OCoLC)964334582 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d BTCTA $d NLC $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d IUL $d INU $d SILO 043 $a n-cn--- 045 $a w6x1 050 4 $a HJ2449 $b .H43 2017 055 0 $a HJ2449 $b .H43 2017 100 1 $a Heaman, Elsbeth, $d 1964- $e author. 245 10 $a Tax, order, and good government : $b a new political history of Canada, 1867-1917 / $c E.A. Heaman. 264 1 $a Montreal : $b McGill-Queen's University Press, $c [2017] 300 $a xiv, 582 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Carleton library series ; $v 240 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "What if Canadian history was actually about the money? In 1867, Canadians wrote themselves a new constitution because they needed a new tax deal. Confederation was not just about the taxes, but it was never not about the taxes, and the founding principles of 'Peace, Order, and Good Government' should be reconsidered accordingly. Modern Canada, like Britain, France, and the United States, was born of a tax revolt. But in Canada, George Brown's tax revolt became John A. Macdonald's tax coup: a quasi-imperial fiscal federalism that successfully withstood half a century's worth of popular agitation before it began to unravel. This book describes how politics in Canada became social politics between 1867 and 1917. Canada was constructed in 1867 amidst fierce debates about fair taxation and reconstructed in 1917 amidst even fiercer ones. What did fairness mean to Canadians? That was always a 'who' question as well as a 'what' question. Some people demanded fairness for their region, others demanded fairness for their race, and still others rewrote fairness to reflect changing understandings of wealth, poverty, and land ownership. Successive chapters provide detailed case studies of those local debates and then recount how the new ideas gradually infiltrated and transformed federal politics. But the old regime did not die quietly. It fought bitterly for its clientelist, regressive fiscal federalism and the Canadian people paid a terrible price for their tax reforms. The story of that struggle has never been more timely."-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Fiscal policy $z Canada $x History. 650 0 $a Taxation $z Canada $x History. 651 0 $a Canada $x History $y 1867-1914. 651 5 $a Canada $x Politics and government $y 1867-1896. 651 5 $a Canada $x Politics and government $y 1896-1911. 651 5 $a Canada $x Economic conditions $y 1867-1918. 650 7 $a Fiscal policy. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00925806 650 7 $a Taxation. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01143876 651 7 $a Canada. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204310 648 7 $a 1867-1914 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 1 $a Heaman, Elsbeth, 1964- $t Tax, order, and good government. $k Carleton library series ; $k Carleton library series ; $w (CaOONL)20179009060 830 0 $a Carleton library series ; $v 240. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191210024100.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DFDD3D68EA0A11E7B6F5700597128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search