
ISBN
PDF : 9781926824154 ePub : 9781926824147 Papier : 9780981240503
Parution
2009
Nombre de pages
209
Nombre de chapitres
16
People's History of Quebec, A
Auteur
Jacques Lacoursière, Robin Philpot
Éditeur
Description
This lively guide to Quebec history tells the fascinating story of the settlement of the St. Lawrence River Valley over nearly 500 years. But it also tells of the Montreal and Quebec-based explorers and traders who travelled, mapped, and inhabited most of North America, and embrothered the peoples they met.
Combining vast research and great story telling, Jacques Lacoursière and Robin Philpot connect everyday life to the events that emerged as historical turning points in the life of a people. They thus shedding new light on Quebec’s 450-year history—and the historical forces that lie behind its two recent efforts to gain independence.
Table des matières
- People's History of Quebec, A1
- Contents7
- CHAPTER 1 / Hard Slow Beginnings9
- CHAPTER 2 / A Royal Colony21
- CHAPTER 3 / A New People Is Born35
- CHAPTER 4 / A Conquest Foretold43
- CHAPTER 5 / Former Enemies Forced to Live Together69
- CHAPTER 6 / Heading for Confrontation83
- CHAPTER 7 / A New Constitution in the Offing103
- CHAPTER 8 / A Province Unlike the Others119
- CHAPTER 9 / On All Fronts139
- CHAPTER 10 / A New Society Comes to Life155
- CHAPTER 11 / From One Showdown to Another181
- Timeline195
- Index201
- List of Maps, Illustrations and Photos with Sources207
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