Century of Conflict: The struggle between the French and British in colonial America by Joseph Lister Rutledge

Century of Conflict: The struggle between the French and British in colonial America by Joseph Lister Rutledge this is the second volume in a multi-volume history of Canada published in the 1950s and 60s. Strangely there is a 20 year overlap with the first volume. I find Rutledge's argument that he included it because it was interesting a rather weak justification.

The book starts with King William's War 1689 – 1697 and concludes with the fall of new France to the British. The narrative is firmly political and economic. There are occasional nods to religious history as well as social history topics. The racism that I had noticed in the first volume doesn't seem to be as evident in this one which is a comfort. As mentioned with the earlier volume no bibliography or list of sources which I find irritating.

Recommended although it's probably been superseded in the specialized literature.