The Patriots and the People : : The Rebellion of 1837 in Rural Lower Canada / / Allan Greer.
The Lower Canadian Rebellion of 1837 has been called the most important event in pre-Confederation history. Previously, it has been explained as a response to economic distress or as the result of manipulation by middle-class politicians. Lord Durham believed it was an expression of racial conflict....
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2022] ©1993 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Heritage
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (412 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of abbreviations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 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 régime
- 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
- Picture Credits
- Index