Quebec Referendum
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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From  NEW! Afterword: Moving onFrom: Dream Interrupted |
In this afterword, Pelletier traces Quebec’s shifting political landscape since the 1995 sovereignty referendum. | Francine Pelletier | 4 | 2025 | $0.40 Add |
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From  ForewordFrom: Quebec in Question |
The intellectual foundations of the movement for Quebec sovereignty are set out in this brief, influential book first published in 1969. The book offers an account of Quebec history that … | Marcel Rioux | 1 | 1978 | $0.10 Add |
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From Chapter 2From Frenchmen to Habitants From: Quebec in Question |
A brief account of Quebec’s history from its founding to the defeat of France in 1755 and the end of the French regime in Canada. | Marcel Rioux | 17 | 1978 | $1.70 Add |
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From Chapter 6Liberty vs. The Dollar From: Quebec in Question |
A brief description of the colonial state of Quebec society — cultural, social, economic — and the status of Quebeckers as second class citizens within Canada in the postwar period, … | Marcel Rioux | 15 | 1978 | $1.50 Add |
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From  NEW! “Of two minds”From: The Coutts Diaries |
In this chapter, Graham examines the December 1978 to January 1979 deliberations surrounding Prime Minister Trudeau’s decision to face the 1979 federal election (as told by the diary of Jim … | Ron Graham | 8 | 2025 | $0.80 Add |
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From  Quebec-Canada: A New DealFrom: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition |
1979 Parti Québécois White Paper setting out sovereignty-association as a replacement for Quebec’s role in federalism. | Debra Thompson; François Rocher; Peter Russell | 6 | 2015 | $0.60 Add |
Quebec in Question |
This new edition of Marcel Rioux’s bestselling history of Quebec offers an interpretation of the dramatic events of the seventies and the victory of the Parti Quebecois. Written by an … | 218 | View | ||
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From Chapter 11Quebec in Transition From: Quebec in Question |
An account of climate of opinion in Quebec in the late 1970s, and changing social and political attitudes as Quebec emerges out of a colonial mentality. | Marcel Rioux | 8 | 1978 | $0.80 Add |
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From Chapter 8Quebec or French Canada? From: Quebec in Question |
A brief statement of the case that the only guarantee of the survival of French culture and language in America is an independent Quebec — not a bilingual Canada | Marcel Rioux | 11 | 1978 | $1.10 Add |
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From  Re: Resolution to Amend the Constitution (The Patriation Reference), 1981 |
A majority of the Supreme Court of Canada, on appeals from constitutional references initiated in three provinces, held that as a matter of law the federal government was able to amend the … | Janet Hieber; Peter Russell; Rainer Knopff; Tom Bateman | 12 | 2017 | $1.20 Add |
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From NEW! “Running a government”From: The Coutts Diaries |
In this chapter, Graham examines the first weeks of the 1980 Trudeau government, as Finance Minister Jim Coutts navigated an economy strained by inflation and mortgage rates (as told by the diary … | Ron Graham | 15 | 2025 | $1.50 Add |
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From Chapter 10The Agonizing Steps to Freedom From: Quebec in Question |
A fascinating brief history of events in Quebec in 1970, including a full account of FLQ kidnappings, its manifesto, the reaction of federal and provincial authorities, and the imposition of the … | Marcel Rioux | 42 | 1978 | $4.20 Add |
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From NEW! “The constitutional questionFrom: The Coutts Diaries |
In this chapter, Graham examines May 21 to June 11, 1980, documenting the weeks after Quebec’s sovereignty referendum (as told by the diary of Jim Coutts, Prime Minister Pierre Elliot … | Ron Graham | 14 | 2025 | $1.40 Add |
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From Chapter 3The Defeated Keep the Faith From: Quebec in Question |
A brief survey of Quebec social, political and economic history from 1755 to the rebellion of 1837-38. | Marcel Rioux | 29 | 1978 | $2.90 Add |
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From Chapter 12The End of Innocence From: Quebec in Question |
A final chapter on Quebec’s situation in 1978 after the success of Rene Leveque’s PQ and the election of a government committed to a referendum on sovereignty. | Marcel Rioux | 11 | 1978 | $1.10 Add |
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From NEW! The great let-down (1980–1995)From: Dream Interrupted |
In this chapter, Pelletier traces Quebec’s sovereignty struggle between the 1980 and 1995 referendums, a period in which collective optimism slowly gave way to doubt. | Francine Pelletier | 16 | 2025 | $1.60 Add |
