The Union Nationale : Quebec Nationalism from Duplessis to Levesque / Herbert F. Quinn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Quinn, Herbert F., author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Union nationale--History.

Union nationale.

Nationalism--Québec (Province)--History.

Nationalism.

Québec (Province)--Politics and government.

Québec (Province).

Genre:

History.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 342 pages)

Edition:

Second enlarged edition.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The increasing momentum of the separatist movement in Quebec under René Lévesque and the Parti Québécois has focused renewed attention on the history of French-Canadian nationalism. Professor Quinn begins this work on the period following the First World War, and in his revised and expanded edition, carries it up to the rise of the Parti Québécois and the victory of a more radical over a more conservative nationalism. The nationalism of the 1920s led to the formation and rise to power of the Union Nationale part of Maurice Duplessis in the 1930s. A study of the Union Nationale, its origins, its policies, its victories, and its defeats provides the background essential to an understanding of Quebec politics today. Two new chapters follow the history of the party from 1960 to 1973, the year in which the Union Nationale disappeared from the legislature. These chapters cover three political developments: the inauguration of the Quiet Revolution by Jean Lesage's Liberal party; the unexpected return to power of the Union Nationale in 1966, which was followed shortly by its decline and demise in 1973; and the rise of the new nationalist party, the Parti Québécois, which replaced the Union Nationale as the main opposition to the Liberals.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Preface to Second Enlarged Edition

Introduction

I. The Historical and Cultural Background of Quebec Politics

II. The Pattern of Quebec Politics, 1867-1919

III. The Challenge of Industrialism and the Growth of Nationalism

IV. The Formation and Rise to Power of the Union Nationale

V. The Economic Policies of the Union Nationale in Two Administrations

VI. The Union Nationale and the Federal Government

VII. Administrative and Electoral Practices under the Union Nationale

VIII. The Growth of Opposition to the Union Nationale

IX. The Election of 1960

X. The Rejuvenation and Recovery of the Union Nationale

XI. The Decline and Eclipse of Conservative Nationalism

XII. Conclusion

Appendices, Bibliography, and Index

A. Tables

B. Programme de !'Action Liberale Nationale, 1934; Texte de l'adresse par Paul Gouin a Saint Georges de Beauce, le 12 aout 1934

C. 1960 Political Manifesto of the Quebec Liberal Party

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Reprinted in 2018.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [324]-336) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Sep 2019)

ISBN:

1-4875-7973-X

OCLC:

1121057002