Title The idea of liberty in Canada during the age of Atlantic revolutions, 1776-1838 / Michel Ducharme ; translated by Peter Feldstein

Published Montréal : Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource Series McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ; 62 McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ; 62 Contents Introduction -- 1 Liberty and Revolution in the Atlantic World -- 2 Liberty in the Province of Quebec, 1776-1805 -- 3 The Birth of Reform Movements in the Canadas, 1805-1828 -- 4 "We, the people": Republican Liberty in the Canadas, 1828-1838 -- 5 The Primacy of Rights: Modern Liberty in the Canadas, 1828-1838 -- 6 Citizens, to Arms! The Rebellions of 1837-1838 -- Conclusion: Liberty As the Foundation of the Canadian State Summary In this book, Michel Ducharme shows that Canadian intellectual and political history between the American Revolution and the Upper and Lower Canada rebellions on 1837-38 can be better understood by considering it in relation to the broad framework of revoltion in the Atlantic world between 1776 and 1838. Inspired by intellectual histories of the Atlantic world, Ducharme goes beyond the scholarly focus on Atlantic republicanism to present the rebellions of 1837-38 as a confrontation between two very different concepts of liberty. He uses these concepts as lenses through which to read colonial ideological conflict. Ducharme traces political discourse in both colonies, showing how the differing fates and influence of republican and constitutional notions of liberty affected state development. He also pursues a number of important revisionist historical claims, including the idea that nationalist politics were not at issue in the period and that "responsible government" was never a Patriote party platform or interest. Taking a wider view allows Ducharme to provide a solid understanding of the ideological substance of political conflict and shows that, starting in 1791, Canadian colonial political culture revolved around an ideal of liberty that differed from the liberty at work within the revolutionary movements of the late eighteenth century but was nonetheless born of the Enlightenment. -- back cover Notes Translation of: Le concept de liberté au Canada à l'époque des révolutions atlantiques, 1776-1838 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject HISTORY -- Canada -- General. HISTORY -- Canada -- Pre-Confederation (to 1867) Intellectual life Politics and government Social conditions Freiheit SUBJECT Canada -- History -- 18th century Canada -- History -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85019319 Canada -- Social conditions -- 18th century Canada -- Social conditions -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85019354 Canada -- Intellectual life -- 18th century Canada -- Intellectual life -- 19th century Canada -- Politics and government -- Philosophy Subject Canada Kanada Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book Author Feldstein, Peter, 1962- translator. ISBN 9780773596252 0773596259 9780773596269 0773596267

Other Titles Concept de liberté au Canada à l'époque des révolutions atlantiques, 1776-1838. English

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