The formal and informal politics of British rule in post-conquest Quebec, 1760-1837 : a northern Bastille / Nancy Christie.

First edition.

9780191886492 (electronic book)

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.

English

1 online resource.

F1032

971.02

This striking reinterpretation of the history of Quebec in the revolutionary era - demonstrated through a micro-historical analysis of 20,000 court records as well as official and unofficial political discourses - shows that a central aim of British Imperial rule was the assimilation and subjugation of the French Canadian majority in the colony.

This striking reinterpretation of the history of Quebec in the revolutionary era - demonstrated through a micro-historical analysis of 20,000 court records as well as official and unofficial political discourses - shows that a central aim of British Imperial rule was the assimilation and subjugation of the French Canadian majority in the colony.

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