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Watching Quebec: Selected Essays
Evolving from a passionate desire to simply survive as a distinctive culture in the nineteenth and early twentieth century to a more confident and expansive ideology since the Second World War, nationalism in Quebec has provoked intense debates within the province and in the rest of Canada over language, provincial powers, and the very meaning of the term nation in the contemporary world. Watching Quebec examines the ideas of francophone individuals and groups, looks at their institutions and movements, and clarifies the complex relationship between French- and English-speaking Canadians.
256 pages, ebook
First published August 2, 2005
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June 14, 2022
Actual rating 3.5 stars.
Overall a decent read for those interested in Quebec nationalism and Canadian federalism generally; particularly those seeking more of an introduction to the topic. I enjoyed Ramsay's depth of knowledge and charting the course of his academic writings over approximately 4 decades, which coincided with the most active conflicts over Quebec's place in Confederation. The essays which chart the intellectual development of Nationalist (also French Canadian) thought in between the 1837 Lower Canada Rebellion and the Quiet Revolution were of particular interest to me.
The only criticism is that as this is a collection of essays, some of the content can get a bit repetitive. This is especially the case with discussions of the political milieu in Quebec in the early to mid 1960s. However, given that these essays were all published at separate times, one shouldn't emphasize this critique too much.
Overall a decent read for those interested in Quebec nationalism and Canadian federalism generally; particularly those seeking more of an introduction to the topic. I enjoyed Ramsay's depth of knowledge and charting the course of his academic writings over approximately 4 decades, which coincided with the most active conflicts over Quebec's place in Confederation. The essays which chart the intellectual development of Nationalist (also French Canadian) thought in between the 1837 Lower Canada Rebellion and the Quiet Revolution were of particular interest to me.
The only criticism is that as this is a collection of essays, some of the content can get a bit repetitive. This is especially the case with discussions of the political milieu in Quebec in the early to mid 1960s. However, given that these essays were all published at separate times, one shouldn't emphasize this critique too much.
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