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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825415803321

Autore

Silver A. I.

Titolo

The French-Canadian idea of Confederation, 1864-1900 / / A. I. Silver

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2012

©1997

ISBN

1-4426-5934-3

1-4426-5724-3

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (301 p.)

Collana

Heritage

Disciplina

971/.004114

Soggetti

French-Canadians - Attitudes - History - 19th century

Canada English-French relations

Canada History 1867-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-275) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface -- I. Introduction -- II. Confederation and Quebec -- III. Confederation and Minority Rights -- IV. Confederation and the North-West -- V. La Question Manitoba-Brunswick -- VI. French Canada in the West -- VIII. The Riel Affair -- IX. Manitoba Schools and The Rise of Bilingualism -- X. Conclusions and Conjectures -- Epilogue -- Bibliographical Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

At Confederation, most French Canadians felt their homeland was Quebec; they supported the new arrangement because it separated Quebec from Ontario, creating an autonomous French-Canadian province loosely associated with the others.