Editing Canadian Confederation (section)

==Further reading==
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* Buckner, Phillip. "'British North America and a Continent in Dissolution': The American Civil War in the Making of Canadian Confederation." ''Journal of the Civil War Era'' 7.4 (2017): 512–540. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/26381475 online]
* Careless, J.M.C. "George Brown and Confederation", ''Manitoba Historical Society Transactions'', Series 3, Number 26, 1969–70 [http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/transactions/3/brownconfederation.shtml online]
* Creighton, Donald Grant. ''The Road to Confederation: The Emergence of Canada, 1863–1867'' (1965)  a standard history [https://archive.org/details/roadtoconfederat0000crei_f8y4 online]
* Creighton, Donald Grant. ''John A. Macdonald: The Young Politician. Vol. 1'' (1952) vol 1 of biography of Macdonald
* Gwyn, Richard. ''John A: The Man Who Made Us'' (2008) vol 1 of biography of Macdonald
*Knox, Bruce A. "Conservative Imperialism 1858–1874: Bulwer Lytton, Lord Carnarvon, and Canadian Confederation." ''International History Review'' (1984) 6#3 pp: 333–357.
* Martin, Ged. ''Britain and the origins of Canadian confederation, 1837–67'' (UBC Press, 1995). 
* Martin, Ged, ed. ''The Causes of Canadian confederation'' (Acadiensis Press, 1990). 
* Moore, Christopher. ''1867: How the Fathers Made a Deal'' (McClelland & Stewart, 2011)
* Morton, William Lewis. ''The critical years: the union of British North America, 1857–1873'' (McClelland & Stewart, 1964) a standard history
* Smith, Andrew. '' British Businessmen and Canadian Confederation Constitution-Making in an Era of Anglo-Globalization'' (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2008)
* Smith, Andrew. "Toryism, Classical Liberalism, and Capitalism: The Politics of Taxation and the Struggle for Canadian Confederation." ''Canadian Historical Review'' 89#1 (2008): 1–25.
* Smith, Jennifer. "Canadian confederation and the influence of American federalism." ''Canadian Journal of Political Science'' 21#3 (1988): 443–464.
* Smith, Peter J. "The Ideological Origins of Canadian Confederation". ''Canadian Journal of Political Science'' 1987. 20#1 pp : 3–29.
* Vronsky, Peter. ''Ridgeway: The American Fenian Invasion and the 1866 Battle That Made Canada'' (Penguin Canada, 2011)
* Waite, Peter B. ''The life and times of Confederation, 1864–1867: politics, newspapers, and the union of British North America'' (Robin Brass Studio, 2001). 
* White, Walter Leroy, and W. C. Soderlund. ''Canadian Confederation: A Decision-making Analysis'' (McGill-Queen's Press-MQUP, 1979)
* Wilson, David A. ''Thomas D'Arcy McGee: The Extreme Moderate, 1857–1868. Vol. 2'' (McGill-Queen's Press-MQUP, 2011)

===Provinces and regions===
* {{cite journal |last1=Bailey |first1=Alfred G. |author-link1=Alfred Bailey (poet) |title=The Basis and Persistence of Opposition to Confederation in New Brunswick |journal=The Canadian Historical Review |date=1942 |volume=23 |issue=4 |pages=374–397 |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/624531 |issn=1710-1093}}
* {{cite journal |last1=Bailey |first1=Alfred G. |author-link1=Alfred Bailey (poet) |title=Railways and the Confederation Issue in New Brunswick, 1863–1865 |journal=The Canadian Historical Review |date=1940 |volume=21 |issue=4 |pages=367–383 |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/567974 |issn=1710-1093}}
* {{cite journal |last1=Bolger |first1=Francis William Pius |title=Prince Edward Island and Confederation 1863-1873 |date=1961 |journal= Canadian Catholic Historical Association 
|volume=28 |pages=25–30 |url=http://www.umanitoba.ca/colleges/st_pauls/ccha/Back%20Issues/CCHA1961/Bolger.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202222647/http://www.umanitoba.ca/colleges/st_pauls/ccha/Back%20Issues/CCHA1961/Bolger.pdf |archive-date=December 2, 2013}}
* {{cite book |last=Bonenfant |first=Jean-Charles |title=The French Canadians and the birth of Confederation |date=1966 |publisher=Canadian Historical Association |url=https://archive.org/details/frenchcanadianst0000jean |url-access=registration}}
* {{cite journal |last1=Buckner |first1=Phillip |last2=Waite |first2=P.B. |author-link2=P. B. Waite |last3=Baker |first3=William M. |title=CHR Dialogue: The Maritimes and Confederation: A Reassessment |journal=The Canadian Historical Review |date=1990 |volume=71 |issue=1 |pages=1–45 |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/573503 |issn=1710-1093}}
* {{cite book |last1=Hiller |first1=James |title=Newfoundland in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: Essays in Interpretation |date=1980 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |isbn=978-1-4875-8889-2 |pages=67–94 |url=https://archive.org/details/newfoundlandinni0000hill |url-access=registration |language=en |chapter=Confederation Defeated: The Newfoundland Election of 1869}}
* {{cite book |last1=Pryke |first1=Kenneth G. |title=Nova Scotia and Confederation, 1864–74 |date=1979 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |isbn=978-1-4875-8069-8 |url=https://archive.org/details/novascotiaconfed0000pryk |url-access=registration }}
* {{cite book |editor1-last=Shelton |editor1-first=W. George |title=British Columbia & Confederation |date=1967 |publisher=University of Victoria |pages=287–288 |url=https://archive.org/details/britishcolumbiac0000unse |url-access=registration}}
* {{cite book |last1=Silver |first1=Arthur I. |title=The French-Canadian Idea of Confederation, 1864-1900 |date=1997 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |isbn=978-0-8020-7928-2 |url=https://archive.org/details/frenchcanadianid0000silv |url-access=registration }}
* {{cite journal |last1=Wilson |first1=George E. |title=New Brunswick’s Entrance into Confederation |journal=The Canadian Historical Review |date=1928 |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=4–24 |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/625832 |issn=1710-1093}}

===Primary sources===
* {{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=euSpccxBlrkC |title=The Confederation debates in the Province of Canada, 1865: a selection |date=2006 |publisher=[[McClelland and Stewart]] |isbn=978-0-7735-3092-8 |editor-last=Waite |editor-first=Peter B. |editor-link=P. B. Waite |edition=2nd |series=The Carleton library ; no. 2 |location=Toronto}}
* {{Cite book |last=Macdonald |first=John A. |author-link=John A. Macdonald |url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_01325 |title=Report of resolutions adopted at a conference of delegates from the provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, and the colonies of Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island |collaboration=Quebec and London Conference |publisher=[[s.n.]] |year=1867 |location=London}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.67163 |title=Debate on the union of the provinces, in the House of Assembly of Nova Scotia, March 16th, 18th and 19th, 1867 |author=Nova Scotia. House of Assembly |publisher=[[s.n.]] |year=1867}}
* {{Cite book |last=William |first=Annand |author-link=William Annand |url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.04679 |title=Letter addressed to the Earl of Carnarvon by Mr. Joseph Howe, Mr. William Annand, and Mr. Hugh McDonald, stating their objections to the proposed scheme of union of the British North American provinces |last2=Carnarvon |first2=Henry Howard Molyneux |author-link2=Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon |last3=Howe |first3=Joseph |author-link3=Joseph Howe |last4=McDonald |first4=Hugh |author-link4=Hugh McDonald (politician) |publisher=G.E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode |year=1867 |page=36}}
*{{Cite book |url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_01461/1 |title=Parliamentary debates on the subject of the Confederation of the British North American provinces, 3rd session, 8th provincial Parliament of Canada |author=Canadian parliament |publisher=Hunter, Rose & Co. |year=1865}}
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