My Country Canada Or Quebec

Author : Robert Bothwell
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780774842082

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Canada and Quebec by Robert Bothwell Pdf

Relations between Canada and Quebec have never been easy. Beginning with the Conquest and working through the many political permutations before Confederation and since, there has always been conflict between the two governments and, in particular, between two points of view. The rebellions of 1837-8, conscription, the Quiet Revolution, language laws, the FLQ crisis and endless constitutional wrangles such as Meech Lake are just a sampling of the issues that have divided the nation. The cast of characters has been fascinating, too: Pierre Trudeau, Brian Mulroney, Robert Bourassa, and Rene Levesque have all played centre stage. In the wake of a razor-thin majority for federalist forces in the referendum of 1995, the issue of separation continues to be complicated by the division of the huge national debt, the possibility of further territorial partition within a separate Quebec, the rights of First Nations people, and the spectre of separatist movements in Eastern Europe in recent years. Through interviews with a wide variety of politicians, journalists, and academics, Robert Bothwell skilfully weaves together a coherent account of the relationship between Canada and Quebec. We hear from Jean Chretien, Sharon Carstairs and Ovide Mercredi; Lise Bissonnette and Graham Fraser; Michael Bliss and Ramsay Cook; and many more. The text is an absorbing collage of personal accounts and considered opinions, one that acquaints us with the many different facets of this complicated yet crucial question: how did Canada and Quebec get to this impasse, and where do we go from here?

Author : Maxine Trottier
Publisher : Markham, Ont. : Scholastic Canada
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Abenaki Indians
ISBN : 0439967627

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The Death of My Country by Maxine Trottier Pdf

The first Dear Canada featuring a First Nations diarist, The Death of My Country is set at a pivotal point in Canada's history -- the war between Britain and France for control of New France. Geneviève Aubuchon is born into an Abenaki tribe but is orphaned when another tribe destroys her village. She and her brother are taken to a convent in Québec.While Geneviève gradually adapts to her new life with the sisters, her older brother runs away to rejoin the Abenaki. Geneviève fears for his life when he joins the First Nations allies who are helping defend Québec against the British siege of the city and the attack on the Plains of Abraham. Author Maxine Trottier frequently participates in historical re-enactments. Her hobby has provided her with an opportunity to research and experience this key time in Canada's history.

Author : Mordecai Richler
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X002049369

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Oh Canada! Oh Quebec! by Mordecai Richler Pdf

Humorous account of Quebec's language obsessed separatist movement.

Author : Robert Bothwell
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195448801

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Your Country, My Country by Robert Bothwell Pdf

"The book might almost be entitled Canadians in the Attic. Canada is the United States' forgotten twin, the country that resembles the United States more than any other, and that shares a history with America that goes back to the seventeenth century, and that includes the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, and the anti-slavery movement, to name only a few. Canada is in a way a measure of, a barometer of, American exceptionalism. What happens in Canada is often a reflection of what has happened in the United States, but by the same token, what happens in Canada is often a sign of what could happen in its American neighbor. While the two countries have distinct political systems, and particular histories, ideologically they are closer together than standard Canadian histories suggest. (Canadians are left out of standard American histories.) Arguably, Canada is the part of North America where the New Deal came to fruition in the 1960s, when it was frustrated in the United States. But no American political idea fails to penetrate Canada, and in the 2000s many Canadians, including the current Canadian government, seek to imitate or replicate the hard-right turn in American politics. From whatever direction, the Canadian experience illuminates American experience-- and vice-versa"--

Author : Québec (Province)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
ISBN : HARVARD:HL4GRK

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Civil Code of Lower Canada by Québec (Province) Pdf

Author : Maxine Trottier
Publisher : Scholastic Canada
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781443119993

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Dear Canada: The Death of My Country by Maxine Trottier Pdf

The first Dear Canada featuring a First Nations diarist, The Death of My Country is set at a pivotal point in Canada's history — the war between Britain and France for control of New France. Geneviève Aubuchon is born into an Abenaki tribe but is orphaned when another tribe destroys her village. She and her brother are taken to a convent in Québec.While Geneviève gradually adapts to her new life with the sisters, her older brother runs away to rejoin the Abenaki. Geneviève fears for his life when he joins the First Nations allies who are helping defend Québec against the British siege of the city and the attack on the Plains of Abraham. Author Maxine Trottier frequently participates in historical re-enactments. Her hobby has provided her with an opportunity to research and experience this key time in Canada's history.

Author : Solange Chaput-Rolland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Biculturalism
ISBN : STANFORD:36105041570453

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My Country, Canada Or Quebec? by Solange Chaput-Rolland Pdf

Author : Ben Wicks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1895651107

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Dear Canada by Ben Wicks Pdf

Over 50,000 children write about why they love Canada in response to a request by Ben Wicks. xdita.

Author : Allan D. Hux,Moira Wong,José António Brandão
Publisher : Markham, Ont. : Pippin Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Canada
ISBN : 0887510477

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My Country, Our History by Allan D. Hux,Moira Wong,José António Brandão Pdf

Author : Susan Mann Trofimenkoff,Susan Mann
Publisher : MacMillan of Canada
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X000399335

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The Dream of Nation by Susan Mann Trofimenkoff,Susan Mann Pdf

Author : Pierre Berton
Publisher : Seal Books
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Canada
ISBN : 0770415474

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My Country : the Remarkable Past by Pierre Berton Pdf

True tales covering the whole spectrum of Canadian life over several centuries support the author's contention that Canadian history is never dull.

Author : Jane Jacobs
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780525432890

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The Question of Separatism by Jane Jacobs Pdf

Jane Jacobs, writing from her adoptive country, uses the problems facing an independence-seeking Quebec and Canada as a whole to examine the universal problem of sovereignty and autonomy that nations great and small have struggled with throughout history. Using Norway’s relatively peaceful divorce from Sweden as an example, Jacobs contends that Canada and Canadians—Quebecois and Anglophones alike—can learn important lessons from similar sovereignty questions of the past.

Author : Jules Paul Tardivel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Canadian fiction
ISBN : 0802062679

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For My Country by Jules Paul Tardivel Pdf

Originally published in 1895, the novel reiterates two central themes of Tardivel's writing: the Catholicism of French Canada and its unique social and political implications, and the Quebec-centred need of French Canada for its own separate state.

Author : Kenneth McRoberts
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 0773513140

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Beyond Quebec by Kenneth McRoberts Pdf

What kind of a country is Canada beyond Quebec? With a referendum on Quebec sovereignty looming on the horizon, this is a question Canadians are being forced to ask. In Beyond Quebec scholars from a wide variety of disciplines examine the current political, cultural, economic, and social situation of Canada outside Quebec and speculate on the nature of a Canada that does not include Quebec on the present terms.

Author : Éric Bédard
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781118439746

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History of Quebec For Dummies by Éric Bédard Pdf

Grasp the unique history of Quebec? Easy. Packing in equal parts fun and facts, History of Quebec For Dummies is an engaging and entertaining guide to the history of Canada's second-largest province, covering the conflicts, cultures, ideas, politics, and social changes that have shaped Quebec as we know it today. "My country isn't a country, it is winter!" sings the poet Gilles Vigneault . . . Indeed, Quebec is winter, snow, cold, and freezing winds. It is also the majestic river Saint-Laurent and its numerous confluences across America. It is vast, dense forests, countless lakes, magnificent landscapes of Saguenay, Charlevoix, Côte-Nord, or Gaspésie. Quebec is also the "old capital" perched on the Cape Diamond facing the sea. It is Montreal, the first French city of North America, the creative and innovative metropolis, junction for different cultures and heart of a nation yearning to belong to the world's history. History of Quebec For Dummies tells Quebec's fascinating story from the early fifteen hundreds to the present, highlighting the culture, language, and traditions of Canada's second-largest province. Serves as the ideal starting place to learn about Quebec Covers the latest, up-to-the-minute findings in historical research Explores the conflicts, cultures, ideas, politics, and social changes in Quebec Lifelong learners and history buffs looking for a fun-yet-factual introduction to the grand scope of Quebec history will find everything they need in History of Quebec For Dummies.