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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814055603321

Autore

Dumont Fernand <1927-1997, >

Titolo

The vigil of Quebec / / Fernand Dumont ; translated [from the French] by Sheila Fischman and Richard Howard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1974

©1974

ISBN

1-4426-5401-5

1-4426-3846-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 131 pages)

Collana

Heritage

Altri autori (Persone)

FischmanSheila

HowardRichard

Disciplina

320.9/714/04

Soggetti

Politics and government

Autonomy and independence movements

History

Electronic books.

Québec (Province) History Autonomy and independence movements

Québec (Province) Politics and government 1960-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translation of La vigile du Quebec.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; A letter to my English-speaking friends; Introduction; Part One: A SHORT ACCOUNT OF OUR AFFECTIONS; The time of the elders; After the war: the search for a new awareness; Part Two: OF A HESITANT QUEBEC; A story of freedom; Is there a future for the French Canadian?; Canada and the United States: an ominous proximity; Tasks before the nationalist; Our culture: between past and future; Part Three: OF A SOCIALISM FOR QUEBEC; The co-operative ideal; The struggle against poverty; Socialism is utopia; Socialism for Quebec; What is a political program?

Part Four: AUTUMN 1970: IMPASSE?The crises and the crisis; Crisis and symbols; Democracy and speech; What is politics?; Conflicts and futures; What is to be done?

Sommario/riassunto

This book was first published in French in the wake of events which have come to be known in Quebec as the 'October crisis of 1970.'



Dumont's thoughtful reflections on Quebec's social and political life invite 'les Anglais' to a new view of Quebec.