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The art of nation-building : pageantry and spectacle at Québec's tercentenary /

Draws on the intimate diaries and letters of leading social and political figures to look behind the scenes of the pageantry of the 1908 anniversary of the founding of Quebec City, disclosing the politics of memory and the theatrics of history.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nelles, H. V. (Henry Vivian), 1942- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto, Ontario : University of Toronto Press, [2000]
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : The memory box
  • A midsummer night's dream
  • Patriotism
  • A knight's quest
  • C'est trop jesuite
  • Debauchery
  • Papineau trouble
  • Pageanting
  • Dressing up
  • On parade
  • Of cabbages and kings
  • Souvenirs de Québec
  • Landscape of memory
  • Conclusion : Forgetting.