Author: Yvan Lamonde
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773589066
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 577
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In The Social History of Ideas in Quebec, 1760-1896, Yvan Lamonde traces the province's political and intellectual development from the British Conquest to the election of Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier. From the individuals who formulated them, to the networks in which they circulated, to their reception, Yvan Lamonde focuses on ideas at work and their role in shaping Quebec history. The mapping of a complete intellectual circuit allows Lamonde to follow the strains of ideological debates - monarchism, liberalism, republicanism, democracy, revolution, ultramontanism, nationalism - over more than a century. His work is informed by an encyclopaedic reading of the print culture of the period and the book conveys a profound and nuanced knowledge of the social context and cultural channels - educational institutions, newspapers, the book trade - in which intellectual debate occurred. Lamonde argues that while these ideas concerned politics, they went beyond the political: they were a fundamental and everyday element of civic society that was expressed in the public sphere through pamphlets, the popular press, and sermons. Lamonde's scrutiny of public opinion in Quebec allows him to place such currents of thought in the colony's international context: that of France, England, Rome, the United States, and their respective metropolises. The Social History of Ideas in Quebec, 1760-1896 covers a volatile time in the province's history - from the end of the French Regime through the American invasion, the War of 1812, and the Rebellions in Lower Canada - capturing the cultural ascension of a society and the foundations of Quebec identity.
Author: Michael Eamon
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773583033
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 287
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Printing presses were instrumental in creating and upholding a sense of community during the eighteenth century. While the importance of print in the development of colonial America and the nascent United States is well-established, Imprinting Britain extends the historical discussion northward to explore the dynamic and interrelated world of newspapers, coffee houses, and theatre in the British imperial capitals of Halifax and Quebec City. Michael Eamon describes how an English-language colonial community coalesced around the printed word, establishing public spaces for colonists to propose, debate, and define their visions of an ideal society. Whereas American newspapers functioned as incubators of republican and revolutionary thought, their British North American counterparts featured a moderate discourse that rejected republicanism, favoured civic engagement, advocated liberty with propriety, extolled democracy under monarchy, promoted reason over superstition, and encouraged social criticism without revolution. The press also safeguarded against the uncertainties of colonial life by providing a steady stream of transatlantic news, literature, and fashion that helped construct a sense of Britishness in an environment rife with mixed loyalties. Imprinting Britain is the story of communities that turned to the press for a canon of British norms, literary touchstones, and Enlightenment-inspired ideas, which offered a blueprint for colonial growth and a sense of stability in an ever-changing, transatlantic milieu.
Author: Patricia Fleming
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 9780802042187
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 664
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In addition to verifying as many of Tremaine's original library locations as possible, and identifying additional copies of the items, the authors of the supplement have added many new entries that have come to light in the last 45 years.
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Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 1208
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Author: History of the Book in Canada Project
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 9780802089434
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 590
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Impressive in its scope and depth of scholarship, this first volume of the History of the Book in Canada is a landmark in the chronicle of writing, publishing, bookselling, and reading in Canada.
Author: Marie Tremaine
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 9780802042194
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 760
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Marie Tremaine's bibliography was first published by UTP in 1951 and is a cornerstone of bibliography and book history studies in Canada.
Author: Nancy Christie
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773533346
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 493
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A reinterpretation of the place of colonial Canada within a reconstructed British Empire that focuses on culture and social relations.
Author: American Philosophical Society. Library
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Category : Catalogs, Classified
Languages : en
Pages : 648
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Author: McGill University
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Languages : en
Pages : 874
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Category : Microcards
Languages : en
Pages : 1418
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