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)