The Imperial Challenge: Quebec and Britain in the Age of the American RevolutionMcGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 1990 - 192 pages Lawson focuses attention not only on the changing nature of British imperial governance in the age of the American Revolution but also on the significant new developments taking place in Britain at the time. Quebec played a pivotal role in the shift away from the rigid principles of Protestant political exclusionism by challenging the fundamental tenets of English constitutional order. The attempt to bring English law, religion, and custom to Quebec forced the State to revise its whole approach to the existing political and religious problems of the day. In forming his argument, Lawson has made use of material which has recently come to light. |
Table des matières
Policy and Mythology 176364 | 25 |
The First Year | 42 |
The Lost Years 176670 | 85 |
The Quiet Revolution 177073 | 108 |
Postscript | 147 |
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