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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• VerfasserIn: Quinn, Herbert F.,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©1963
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (360 p.)

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.

Table of 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