The Complete Idiot's Guide To Canadian History

I read this book and found that it was pretty dry. I have numerous other "Idiot's Guides" (World War 2, the Cold War, the American Revolution, American History, Communism, etc) and those are good summaries of their topics. This book was written by a Canadian and for the most part just complains. She complains about Americans and their influence throughout Canadian History and she complains about the French-Canadians and their influence. One thing I noticed about all her complaining is that she doesn't include the British and their influence in Canadian History (and I consider the UK to have more overall influence than either the Americans or the French-Canadians.) The fact that the British Queen (Elizabeth 2) is also the head of Canada proves that.

I took a Canadian Studies class in college and have studied it on my own and consider myself well-versed. This book tries hard to include all the important events and dates of Canadian History, but in the end it falls short on numerous accounts.