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Author:   Nancy Christie (Member of the Department of History, Member of the Department of History, University of Western Ontario)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.794kg
ISBN:  

9780198851813

ISBN 10:   0198851812
Pages:   448
Publication Date:   06 February 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Reinterpreting Quebec as a Colonialist Project: Discourse, Practice, and the Politics of Cultural Assimilation 1: 'Thy Mangl'd Empire': Perverted Americans, Barbaric Canadians, and Extravagant Savages 2: The Making of Britannicus Canadensis: The Canada Act as Magna Carta 3: 'The World is Made for Men': Interpersonal Violence in Quebec, 1763-1830 4: 'In this Increasing Commercial Emporium': Buying, Selling, and the Anglicization of Quebec 5: 'Qu'il étoit maître chez lui' [he is the master of his house]: family Government and Political Authority in Counterrevolutionary Quebec 6: 'Unfrenchifying Quebec': Ethnicity and the Political Debate Between Modern Manners and Ancient Principles Conclusion: The Ambivalence of British Rule Bibliography

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Recommended. Advanced undergraduates through faculty. * B. M. Gough, CHOICE *

There is much to be praised in this book ... Nancy Christie has done yeoman service in rewriting and re-energising the story of early British rule in Quebec. * Todd Webb, British Journal of Canadian Studies * Recommended. Advanced undergraduates through faculty. * B. M. Gough, CHOICE *

Author Information

Nancy Christie was a Commonwealth Scholar at the University of Sydney where she received her PhD in 1987. She has taught at various universities in Canada, including the University of Manitoba, the University of Winnipeg, Queen's University, McGill-University, Trent University, and the University of Western Ontario. She has written many books and has been awarded two national book awards for her scholarship which has ranged over two centuries and covered a diverse range of themes, all of which has sought to place the history of Canada in a global perspective.

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