The dream of nation : a social and intellectual history of Quebec / Susan Mann Trofimenkoff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mann, Susan, 1941-

Series:

Carleton library series ; 198.

Carleton library series ; 198

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism--Quebec (Province)--History.

Nationalism.

Québec (Province)--History.

Québec (Province).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 344 p). : ill., maps, ports.

Edition:

Second edition

Place of Publication:

Montreal, Que. : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Essential reading for an understanding of contemporary Quebec, The Dream of Nation traces the changing nature of various "dreams of nation," from the imperial dream of New France to the separatist dream of the 1980 referendum. Susan Mann demonstrates that these dreams, fashioned by elites in response to the recurring question of how to be French in North America, proposed an ever-elusive unanimity. She discusses how social, economic, and political pressures, as well as changing populations, invariably thwarted one dream and provided the makings of another. A work of pioneering scholarship and remarkable synthesis, The Dream of Nation weaves together two of the dominant ideologies of the twentieth century: nationalism and feminism. A new preface contextualizes the 1982 edition and outlines the different contours of Quebec's latest thoughts on sovereignty.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Preface to the Carleton Library Series Edition

Preface

The Dream of Empire

Conquest

An Other’s Empire

The Birth of Nationalism

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Alliance for Survival

The Confederation Risk

The Clerical Offensive

Nobody Meant to Stay

The End of Empire

The Twentieth Century Belongs to Quebec

Feminsim, Nationalism, and the Clerical Defensive

The Prussians Are Next Door

Abbe Groulx Sounds the Alarm

The Search for Equilibrium

Ottawa’s War

Rally Round the Flag

Ici Radio-Canada

Noisy Evolution

Feminism, Federalism, and the Independence of Quebec

General Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Originally published: Toronto : Macmillan, 1982. With new pref.

Includes bibliography and index.

ISBN:

1-282-86054-2

9786612860546

0-7735-7031-4

OCLC:

49602950