The Dream of Nation: A Social and Intellectual History of QuebecEssential reading for an understanding of contemporary Quebec, The Dream of Nation traces the changing nature of various "dreams of nation," from the imperial dream of New France to the separatist dream of the 1980 referendum. Susan Mann demonstrates that these dreams, fashioned by elites in response to the recurring question of how to be French in North America, proposed an ever-elusive unanimity. She discusses how social, economic, and political pressures, as well as changing populations, invariably thwarted one dream and provided the makings of another. A work of pioneering scholarship and remarkable synthesis, The Dream of Nation weaves together two of the dominant ideologies of the twentieth century: nationalism and feminism. A new preface contextualizes the 1982 edition and outlines the different contours of Quebec's latest thoughts on sovereignty. |
Contents
The Dream of Empire | 1 |
Conquest | 16 |
An Others Empire | 33 |
The Birth of Nationalism | 48 |
For Whom the Bell Tolls | 67 |
Alliance for Survival | 81 |
The Confederation Risk | 100 |
The Clerical Offensive | 115 |
The Prussians Are Next Door | 201 |
Abbé Groulx Sounds the Alarm | 218 |
The Search for Equilibrium | 233 |
Ottawas War | 249 |
Rally Round the Flag | 266 |
RadioCanada | 282 |
Noisy Evolution | 298 |
Feminism Federalism and the Independence of Quebec | 317 |
Nobody Meant to Stay | 132 |
The End of Empire | 150 |
The Twentieth Century Belongs to Quebec | 167 |
Feminism Nationalism and the Clerical Defensive | 184 |
General Bibliography | 333 |
Index | 334 |
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