Canada and the Canadians (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Complete Edition (Vol. 1&2)By Richard Henry Bonnycastle
Length12h 7m
About this audiobook
Canada and the Canadians is a wide-ranging nineteenth-century account of British North America, combining travel narrative, political observation, geography, and colonial social commentary. Written in a vigorous, descriptive prose, it surveys landscapes, settlements, institutions, resources, and the habits of diverse communities, while situating Canada within the imperial debates that followed rebellion, reform, and rapid migration. Its style reflects the Victorian confidence in empirical description, yet it also reveals the assumptions and anxieties of colonial expansion. Richard Henry Bonnycastle was a British army officer and military engineer whose long service in Canada gave him practical familiarity with its terrain, fortifications, settlements, and strategic importance. His professional life trained him to observe infrastructure, defence, and resources with unusual precision. As a loyal imperial commentator, he wrote from within the structures of British authority, but also from sustained personal engagement with Canadian conditions. This book is recommended to readers interested in Canadian history, imperial literature, travel writing, and the formation of colonial identity. It is especially valuable when read critically: both as a source of information about mid-nineteenth-century Canada and as a revealing document of the attitudes through which empire interpreted the country and its peoples.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
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Audiobook details
GenreHistory
Length12 hrs 7 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 27, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The English Colony in New South Wales (Vol. 1&2) (Annotated)
5Volume 2 (pt. 1)
2Volume 1 (pt. 1)
6Volume 2 (pt. 2)
3Volume 1 (pt. 2)
7Volume 2 (pt. 3)
4Volume 1 (pt. 3)
8Memorable Quotes
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