Canada and the United States

Ambivalent Allies

John Thompson, Stephen Randall, Lester Langley

• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Year: 2010
• Print ISBN: 9780820331133
• eBook ISBN: 9780820337258
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: North American History
• Index: History

The United States and Canada have the world's largest trading relationship and the longest shared border. Spanning the period from the American Revolution to post-9/11 debates over shared security, Canada and the United States offers a current, thoughtful assessment of relations between the two countries. Distilling a mass of detail concerning cultural, economic, and political developments of mutual importance over more than two centuries, this survey enables readers to grasp quickly the essence of the shared experience of these two countries.

This edition of Canada and the United States has been extensively rewritten and updated throughout to reflect new scholarly arguments, emphases, and discoveries. In addition, there is new material on such topics as energy, the environment, cultural and economic integration, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, border security, missile defense, and the second administration of George W. Bush.

Table of contents

• Contents
• List of Maps
• Preface to the Fourth Edition
• Introduction
• 1. Building North American Nation-States, 1774–1871
• 2. Canada in the Shadow of Industrial America, 1871–1903
• 3. Beginning a Bilateral Relationship, 1903–1918
• 4. A Relationship Matures, 1919–1938
• 5. World War to Cold War, 1939–1947
• 6. Canada in the New American Empire, 1948–1960
• 7. The Moose That Roared, 1961–1968
• 8. The Ambivalent Ally, 1968–1984
• 9. Republicans and Tories, 1984–1993
• 10. A North American Trajectory? 1994–2000
• 11. Playing by New American Rules, 2001–2007
• Epilogue: “Plus ça change..."
• Appendix: U.S.-Canadian Trade
• Notes
• Bibliographical Essay
• Index