Jews & French Quebecers : two hundred years of shared history / / by Jacques Langlais and David Rome ; translated by Barbara Young

• Autore: Langlais Jacques <1921->
• Pubblicazione: Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c1991
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (210 p.)
• Disciplina: 971.4; 971.4004924
• Soggetto topico: Jews - Quebec (Province) - History; Antisemitism - Quebec (Province) - History; French-Canadians - Quebec (Province) - History
• Soggetto geografico: Quebec (Province) Ethnic relations
• Altri autori: RomeDavid
• Note generali: Translation of: Juifs et Quebecois français.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliography: p. 179-187.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; Foreword; Preface to the English Translation; Preface to the Original French Version; I. Early Jewish Presence in Quebec, 1627-1882; II. The Great Yiddish Migration, 1880-1940; III. The Reaction of French Quebec, 1880-1945; IV. The Quiet Revolution of Jewish Quebecers, 1945-76; V. Where Is the Jewish Community Headed?; Chronology. The Jews in Quebec; Notes; Bibliography
• Sommario/riassunto: Jews and French Quebecers recounts a saga of intense interest for the whole of Canada, let alone societies elsewhere. This work, now translated into English, represents the viewpoints of two friends from differing cultural and religious traditions. One is a French Quebecer and a Christian; the other is Jewish and also calls Quebec his home. Both men are bilingual. Jacques Langlais and David Rome examine the merging - through alterations of close co-operation and socio-political clashes - of two Quebec ethno-cultural communities: one French, already rooted in the land of Que
• Titolo autorizzato: Jews & French Quebecers
• ISBN: 1-55458-726-3; 1-282-16708-1; 9786613810151; 0-88920-736-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910154728203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II