Reginald Charles Stuart (September 1, 1943 – April 29, 2018) was a

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. The main focus of his work is on two major topics: the American experience with war as an instrument of policy and the relations of

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and

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in what he terms Upper

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. He retired in 2013 and lived in

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Career

Stuart was born on September 1, 1943, in

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. He received his

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and M.A. at the

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, and his PhD. at the

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. He taught at

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from 1968 to 1969 and at the

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from 1969 to 1988. He came to

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in Halifax as Dean of Arts and Science in 1988 and became a full-time faculty member in 1996.

Awards

* Reginald C. Stuart won twice Merit Award for Scholarly Achievement at the University of Prince Edward Island (1982-1983) and (1987-1988). * His ''United States Expansionism and British North America'' (1988) won the 1990 The Albert Corey Prize. This book is also one of the references to

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. * He won the MSVU Award for Research Excellence (2004). * He won a Canadian-American Fulbright award in 2003 and became the distinguished Chair in North American Studies at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C., from January to June, 2004.

Selected publications

''Transnationalism in Canada-United States History''
Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2010. Co-editor with Michael D. Behiels. *''Civil-Military Relations during the War of 1812.'' Westport, CT
Praeger
2009. This book is listed as one of the references to

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.
''Dispersed Relations: Americans and Canadians in Upper North America''
Washington, DC: Co-published by Woodrow Wilson Center Press; and Baltimore, MD:

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, 2007.
''Too Close? Too Far? Just Right? False Dichotomies and Canada-US Policy Making.''
Orono, Maine: Canadian-American Center, No. 66, April 2006.
''United States Expansionism and British North America, 1775-1871.''
Chapel Hill:

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, 1988. This book is also listed in the references to

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. *''The First Seventy-Five Years.'' Vancouver: the Certified General Accountants Association of Canada, 1988.
''War and American Thought: From the Revolution to the Monroe Doctrine.''
Kent, Ohio: the Kent State University Press, 1982.
''The Half-way Pacifist: Thomas Jefferson's View of War.''
Toronto:

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, 1978. Both ''Transnationalism in Canada-United States History'' and ''Dispersed Relations: Americans and Canadians in Upper North America'' are listed in the Further Reading to

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. Dr. Stuart's articles and reviews have appeared in The American Review of Canadian Studies, Diplomatic History, Canadian Journal of History,

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, Canadian Review of American Studies, the Journal of Church and State, Canadian Review of Studies in Nationalism, an
the Tennessee Historical Quarterly
He contributed a chapter, "A Thousand Points of Partnership: Upper North America to 1931," in the book,''Forgotten Partnership Redux: Canada-U.S. Relations in the 21st Century.'' Amherst, NY:

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, 2011, PP. 305–340. His article "Prologue to

Manifest Destiny Manifest destiny was the belief in the 19th century in the United States, 19th-century United States that American pioneer, American settlers were destined to expand westward across North America, and that this belief was both obvious ("''m ...

: Anglo-American Relations in the 1840s" is in the references to

Louis McLane Louis McLane (May 28, 1786 – October 7, 1857) was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, Delaware, Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware, and Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland. He was a veteran of the War of 1812, a member of t ...

References

External links

The Mount website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stuart, Reginald C. 1943 births 2018 deaths 20th-century Canadian historians Historians of Atlantic Canada Writers from Halifax, Nova Scotia Writers from Vancouver Academic staff of Mount Saint Vincent University University of Florida alumni University of British Columbia alumni Academic staff of the University of Prince Edward Island 21st-century Canadian historians