The Blue Shirts Adrien Arcand and Fascist Anti-Semitism in Canada / Hugues Theorêt ; translation by Ferdinanda Van Gennip and Howard Scott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Théorêt, Hugues, 1969-

Standardized Title:

Chemises bleues. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arcand, Adrien, 1899-1967.

National Unity Party of Canada.

Politicians--Québec (Province)--Biography.

Politicians.

Right and left (Political science)--Canada--History--20th century.

Right and left (Political science).

Antisemitism--Quebec (Province)--History--20th century.

Antisemitism.

Fascism--Canada--History.

Fascism.

Fascism--Quebec (Province)--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource.)

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2017

Place of Publication:

Ottawa, Ontario : University of Ottawa Press, 2017.

Summary:

While Adolf Hitler was seizing power in Germany, Adrien Arcand waslaying the foundations in Quebec for his Parti national social chrétien.The Blue Shirts, as its members were called, wore a military uniformand prominently displayed the swastika. Arcand saw Jewish conspiracywherever he turned and his views resonated with his followers who, likehim, sought a scapegoat for all the ills eroding society. Even after his imprisonment during the Second World War, the fanaticalAdrien Arcand continued his correspondence with those on the frontlinesof anti-semitism. Until his death in 1967, he pursued his campaign ofpropaganda against communists and Jews. Hugues Théorêt describes a dark period in Quebec's ideological historyusing an objective approach and careful, rigorous research in this book, which won the 2015 Canada Prize (Federation for the Humanities andSocial Sciences).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7766-2469-5

0-7766-2468-7

OCLC:

984839277