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

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Greenwood, Frank (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2016]
Colección:Heritage
Temas:
Law > Québec (Province) > History.
Law > Québec (Province) > History.
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 > Influence.
HISTORY / Canada / Pre-Confederation (to 1867).
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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

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