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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Langlais, Jacques, 1921-

Contributor:

Rome, David.

Standardized Title:

Juifs et Quebecois français. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Quebec (Province)--History.

Jews.

Antisemitism--Quebec (Province)--History.

Antisemitism.

French-Canadians--Quebec (Province)--History.

French-Canadians.

Québec (Province)--Ethnic relations.

Québec (Province).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Jews and French Quebecers.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c1991.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Translation of: Juifs et Quebecois français.

Includes bibliography: p. 179-187.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786613810151

9781554587261

1554587263

9781282167087

1282167081

9780889207363

0889207364

OCLC:

243571219