The Legacies of Fear : : Law and Politics in Quebec in the Era of the French Revolution / / Frank Greenwood.

Many people assume that a French-English cleavage has always existed and historians have been uncertain as to just how it unfolded. This book provides the answer. Greenwood re-creates a Quebec in which trust between French and English Canadians was an early casualty of the execution of Louis XVI and...

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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, , [2016]
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Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Heritage
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Physical Description:1 online resource (392 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Author's Note
  • Introduction
  • 1. Justice and Order: The Legal Setting
  • 2. The Struggle for Constitutional Reform, 1784-1792
  • 3. From Promise to Paranoia: The Impact of the Early French Revolution, 1789-1793
  • 4. The Security Danger, 1793-1798
  • 5. The Garrison Mentality
  • 6. The Garrison Mentality and the Administration of Criminal Justice, 1794-1797
  • 7. The Trial of David McLane, 1797
  • 8. War's End and Ethnic Breakdown
  • 9. The Shadow of Napoleon in Lower Canada, 1803-1811 193
  • 10. The Garrison Finds Its Leader: Security and the Governorship of Sir James Craig, 1807-1811
  • 11. Craig's 'Reign of Terror', 1810-1811
  • Conclusions
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index
  • Picture Credits and Sources
  • Backmatter