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Author Christie, Nancy, 1958- author.

Title The formal and informal politics of British rule in post-conquest Quebec, 1760-1837 : a northern Bastille / Nancy Christie
Edition First edition
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 432 pages)
Contents Introduction -- 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, 1763-1837 -- 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
Summary This striking reinterpretation of the history of Quebec in the revolutionary era - demonstrated through a micro-historical analysis of 20,000 court records as well as official and unofficial political discourses - shows that a central aim of British Imperial rule was the assimilation and subjugation of the French Canadian majority in the colony
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Audience Specialized
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed on June 10, 2020)
Subject Civilization -- British influences
Politics and government
Frankokanadier
Herrschaft
Nationalismus
Politique et gouvernement -- Québec (Canada) (province) -- Histoire.
Politique et gouvernement -- Canada -- 1763-1867.
Colonies britanniques -- Amérique -- Administration -- Histoire.
Civilisation -- Québec (Canada) (province) -- Influence britannique.
SUBJECT Canada -- History -- 1763-1867. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85019316
Canada -- History -- 1763-1867 -- Sources
Canada -- Civilization -- British influences. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2006008687
Canada -- Politics and government -- 1763-1867. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85019337
Canada -- Politics and government -- 1763-1867 -- Sources
Subject Canada
Genre/Form History
Sources
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780191886492
0191886491
9780192592743
0192592742