Download or read book The Peoples of Canada written by J. M. Bumsted and published by Oxford University Press Canada. This book was released on 1992 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bumsted has provided a fresh look at Canadian history, illuminating it for the present time, in a text that is readable, richly detailed, and generously illustrated. Volume 1 describes the First Peoples before contact with the earliest European visitors, and then discusses exploration; settlement in the St. Lawrence Valley and the Atlantic regions, the Conquest and its aftermath; the development of British North America in the Dominion of Canada; and the expansion of Canada's domain andits economy.