The patriots and the people : the rebellion of 1837 in rural Lower Canada / Allan Greer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greer, Allan, author.

Contributor:

Canadian Electronic Library (Firm), distributor.

Series:

Social history of Canada ; 49.

Social history of Canada ; 49

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canada--History--Rebellion, 1837-1838.

Canada.

Genre:

History.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (145 p.)

Distribution:

Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Electronic Library, 2015.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario : University of Toronto Press, [1993]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In looking closely into the actions, motives, and mentality of the rural plebeians who formed a majority of those involved in the insurrection, Allan Greer brings to light new causes for the revolutionary role of the normally peaceful French-Canadian peasant. By doing so he provides a social history with new dimensions.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. Rural society and the agrarian economy

3. Potatoes in a sack? Rural community life

4. The habitant and the state

5. The Patriot movement and the crisis of the colonial regime

6. Two nations warring

7. The queen is a whore!

8. Parish republics

9. The question of property

10. Unsparing force

11. Repression, resurgence, and final defeat.

Notes:

Issued as part of the Canadian Electronic Library. Canadian publishers collection.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4426-5732-4

1-4426-5555-0

1-282-05611-5

9786612056116

OCLC:

903421403