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Edited by | W. L. Morton (Executive Editor, 1963–1980) Ramsay Cook (Executive Editor, 1980–1987) Donald Creighton (Advisory Editor, 1963–1979) |
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Translator | Patricia Claxton (Vol. II) |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
Discipline | Canadian history |
Publisher | McClelland & Stewart, Toronto (hardcover and paperback) Kindle Store (electronic) |
Published | 1963 (first volume) – 1987 (last volume) |
Media type | Hardcover; paperback; Amazon Kindle |
No. of books | 19 |
The Canadian Centenary Series is a nineteen-volume history of Canada published between 1963 and 1987 as an extended Canadian Centennial project. The collection resulted from the initiative of two of Canada's leading 20th century historians, W. L. Morton and D. G. Creighton. Morton served as the initial executive editor, and Creighton served as the advisory editor. The editors approached leading Canadian historians to write the individual volumes. The series was published by the Canadian publishing house, McClelland & Stewart.
One of the volumes, Lower Canada, 1791–1840: Social Change and Nationalism by Fernand Ouellette was also published in French and won the Governor General's Award for French language non-fiction. Another volume, Canada 1922–1939: Decades of Discord by John Herd Thompson and Alan Seager, was shortlisted for the 1985 Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction.