| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Series |
McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ; 62 |
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McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ; 62.
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| Note |
Translation of: Le concept de liberté au Canada à l'époque des révolutions atlantiques, 1776-1838. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- 1 Liberty and Revolution in the Atlantic World -- 2 Liberty in the Province of Quebec, 1776-1805 -- 3 The Birth of Reform Movements in the Canadas, 1805-1828 -- 4 "We, the people": Republican Liberty in the Canadas, 1828-1838 -- 5 The Primacy of Rights: Modern Liberty in the Canadas, 1828-1838 -- 6 Citizens, to Arms! The Rebellions of 1837-1838 -- Conclusion: Liberty As the Foundation of the Canadian State. |
| Summary |
In this book, Michel Ducharme shows that Canadian intellectual and political history between the American Revolution and the Upper and Lower Canada rebellions on 1837-38 can be better understood by considering it in relation to the broad framework of revoltion in the Atlantic world between 1776 and 1838. Inspired by intellectual histories of the Atlantic world, Ducharme goes beyond the scholarly focus on Atlantic republicanism to present the rebellions of 1837-38 as a confrontation between two very different concepts of liberty. He uses these concepts as lenses through which to read colonial ideological conflict. Ducharme traces political discourse in both colonies, showing how the differing fates and influence of republican and constitutional notions of liberty affected state development. He also pursues a number of important revisionist historical claims, including the idea that nationalist politics were not at issue in the period and that "responsible government" was never a Patriote party platform or interest. Taking a wider view allows Ducharme to provide a solid understanding of the ideological substance of political conflict and shows that, starting in 1791, Canadian colonial political culture revolved around an ideal of liberty that differed from the liberty at work within the revolutionary movements of the late eighteenth century but was nonetheless born of the Enlightenment. -- back cover. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Canada -- History -- 18th century.
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Canada -- History -- 19th century.
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Canada -- Social conditions -- 18th century.
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Canada -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
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Canada -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.
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Canada -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
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Canada -- Politics and government -- Philosophy.
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HISTORY -- Canada -- General.
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HISTORY -- Canada -- Pre-Confederation (to 1867)
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Intellectual life. (OCoLC)fst00975769
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Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
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Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01919811
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Canada. (OCoLC)fst01204310
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Freiheit.
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Kanada.
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| Chronological Term |
1700-1899
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Feldstein, Peter, 1962- translator.
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| Added Title |
Concept de liberté au Canada à l'époque des révolutions atlantiques, 1776-1838. English
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Concept de liberté au Canada à l'époque des révolutions atlantiques, 1776-1838. English. Idea of liberty in Canada during the age of Atlantic revolutions, 1776-1838. McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ; (CaOONL)20149022506 |
| ISBN |
9780773596252 (electronic book) |
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0773596259 (electronic book) |
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9780773596269 (electronic book) |
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0773596267 (electronic book) |
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9780773544000 (bound) |
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0773544003 (bound) |
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9780773544017 (paperback) |
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0773544011 (paperback) |
