The metamorphoses of landscape and community in early Quebec / Colin M. Coates.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coates, Colin MacMillan, 1960-

Series:

Studies on the history of Quebec.

Studies on the history of Quebec

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Land settlement patterns--Quebec (Province)--History.

Land settlement patterns.

Nationalism--Quebec (Province)--History--19th century.

Nationalism.

Canada--History--To 1763 (New France).

Canada.

Physical Description:

xiv, 231 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

French settlers distanced the indigenous people and flora and fauna to create a landscape that by the mid-eighteenth century had become recognizably European. British industrialists and landowners attempted similar appropriations with far less durable results and the area remained a heartland of French-Canadian life, with a sense of cohesive community. This community spirit, rooted in agrarian landscape, was channelled into the developing sense of colonial nationalism of the 1820s and 1830s. Drawing on maps by explorers and surveyors, correspondence documenting the conflict between a backwoods priest and his parishioners, a gentlewoman's sketchbook, and the documents of a bitter court case between a seigneur's wife and a local priest, Coates illuminates the development of the region and the social, cultural, and economic ties and tensions within it, providing insights into the often hidden values of a rural community.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Maps, Tables, and Figures

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Rivers

Aboriginal Landscapes

Seigneurial Landscapes

Habitant Landscapes

Ties of Blood and Marriage

Lines of Authority

Lines of Community

An Industrial Landscape

A Picturesque Landscape

Conclusion: Three Journeys

Abbreviations Used in the Sources

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph.D.--York University), 1992 under title: The boundaries of rural society in early Québec.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-223) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-85828-9

9786612858284

0-7735-6806-9

OCLC:

929121471