The Last Cannon Shot : : A Study of French-Canadian Nationalism 1837-1850 / / Jacques Monet.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• VerfasserIn: Monet, Jacques,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©1969
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (422 p.)

Based on four years of research in the French-Canadian press of the 1840s and the private papers of the main French-Canadian politicians, British officials, and Roman Catholic religious leaders, this book describes in rich and lively detail the conflict of French Canada's priests and politician...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Preface
• Contents
• Introduction
• Part One: The Debate on the Union, 1837-1842
• 1. The People and the Press: "Le Grand Decouragement," 1837-1842
• 2. "Poulet" Thomson and the Project of Union
• 3. Politicians and Priests, I, 1838-1840
• 4. Politics, 1840-1841
• 5. "Les Epoux si mal en lune de miel" April-September 1841
• 6. Sir Charles Bagot, January-September 1842
• 7. Thanksgiving, September 1842-March 1843
• Part Two: The Campaign for Responsible Government, 1843-1848
• 8. The Great Awakening
• 9. La Crise Metcalfe: Constitutional, March 1843-March 1844
• 10. La Crise Metcalfe: Party Platforms, March-December 1844
• 11. La Crise Metcalfe: Elections, March-December 1844
• 12. Double Majority, November 1844-September 1845
• 13. Politicians and Priests, II, 1846
• 14. Lord Elgin, September 1846-March 1848
• Part Three: The Crises over Repeal and Annexation, 1848-1850
• 15. Les Elements de la crise
• 16. The Re-Emergence of Papineau, November 1847-May 1848
• 17. "L'Union et la Nationalite," 1848
• 18. The Destruction of Papineau, 1848
• 19. Annexation,1849
• 20. Politicians and Priests, III
• 21. The Defeat of Annexation
• Conclusion
• Bibliographical Note
• Index