Lord Durham's report : an abridgement of Report on the affairs of British North America / / by Lord Durham ; edited by G. M. Craig ; intriductions by G. M. Craig and Janet Ajzenstat ; afterword by Guy Laforest

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910812923003321
• Autore: Durham John George Lambton, Earl of, <1792-1840.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2007
• ISBN: 9780773575486; 0773575480
• Edizione: [New ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (261 p.)
• Collana: Carleton library ; ; no. 208
• Altri autori (Persone): CraigGerald M; DurhamJohn George Lambton, Earl of, <1792-1840.>
• Disciplina: 971.039
• Soggetti: History; Canada Politics and government 1837-1838; Canada History Rebellion, 1837-1838; Canada Politics and government 1838-1841; Quebec (Province) Politics and government 19th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Lord Durham's commission -- Lower Canada -- Upper Canada -- The Eastern Provinces and Newfoundland -- Disposal of public lands -- Emigration -- General review and recommendations -- Afterword : Lord Durham, French Canada, and Quebec / Guy La forest.
• Sommario/riassunto: In his famous 1839 call to reform, John George Lambton, Earl of Durham, recommended that Upper and Lower Canada be accorded responsible government by uniting the two provinces under a single legislative assembly - a union which would also bring about the assimilation of the French-Canadians. The Report has been criticized ever since - from British imperialists who found it dangerously liberal to French Canadians who despised Durham for his presumed racism. This new edition of Gerald Craig's abridgement retains his 1963 introduction and adds essays that debate Durham's political assumptions and goals, re-examine the philosophical and historical context in which the Report was created, and review the Report's ; reception and influence. Janet Ajzenstat reconsiders the report in the context of nineteenth-century debates about the relation between culture and political institutions, arguing that Durham should be seen as a progressive universalist opposed to the divisions of race and creed who wanted to give more freedom to French- and English-Canadians alike. Guy Laforest re-examines the report in terms of British liberal imperialism and twentieth-century English-Canadian perspectives to argue that Durham was a one-sided sociologist and the first in long line who used liberalism for imperialist purposes.