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Chronicles of Canada Volume 30 - The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier: A Chronicle of Our Own Time

Name: Chronicles of Canada Volume 30 - The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier: A Chronicle of Our Own Time
Author: Oscar D. Skelton

Oscar D. Skelton

Read by Scott Foster, Bruce Pirie, Ian Hutchings and Maria Kasper · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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Prefatory Note; The Making of a Canadian (19:37)
Politics in the Sixties (15:49)
First Years in Parliament, Part 1 (10:59)
First Years in Parliament, Part 2 (11:52)
In Opposition, 1878-1887, Part 1 (12:53)
In Opposition, 1878-1887, Part 2 (16:52)
In Opposition, 1878-1887, Part 3 (11:26)
Leader of the Opposition, 1887-1896 (10:37)
Looking to Washington, Part 1 (19:02)
Looking to Washington, Part 2 (16:42)
An Empire in Transition, Part 1 (16:52)
An Empire in Transition, Part 2 (18:43)
The End of a Regime (22:06)
New Men at the Helm (8:41)
Canada's New Place in the World, Part 1 (20:21)
Canada's New Place in the World, Part 2 (19:59)
Canada's New Place in the World, Part 3 (22:39)
The Coming of Prosperity, Part 1 (23:31)
The Coming of Prosperity, Part 2 (20:42)
Canada and Foreign Powers (22:38)
Nation and Empire, Part 1 (17:23)
Nation and Empire, Part 2 (18:38)
Nation and Empire, Part 3 (19:08)
Fifty Years of Union (10:30)