Nation and Society: Readings in Post-Confederation Canadian History offers students a sample of some of the best recent scholarship on the history of Canada since Confederation. The readings are grouped in a combination of time periods and themes that are commonly used in studies of the post-Confederation period: ôInventing Canada, 1867-1914ö; ôEconomy and Society in the Industrial Age, 1867-1918ö; ôTransitional Years: Canada 1919-1945ö; ôReinventing Canada, 1945-1975ö; and ôPost-Modern Canada.ö