Research Catalog

Title

Manitoba's French-language crisis : a cautionary tale / Raymond M. Hébert.

Author

Hébert, Raymond, 1944-

Publication

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2004.

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Details

Description

xv, 293 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Subject

• French language > Political aspects > History. > Manitoba
• Language policy > Manitoba > History
• Canadians, French-speaking > Legal status, laws, etc. > History. > Manitoba
• Français (Langue) > Aspect politique > Histoire. > Manitoba
• Canadiens français > Droit > Histoire. > Manitoba
• Manitoba > English-French relations
• Politique linguistique > Manitoba > Histoire
• Manitoba > Relations entre anglophones et francophones

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references: p. [281]-285.

Contents

1. French-language rights in Manitoba, 1870-1976 -- 2. French-language rights in Manitoba, 1977-81 : the Lyon years -- 3. The Pawley government and section 23 : confronting a conundrum -- 4. The gathering storm -- 5. The long hot summer -- 6. "Let the people speak!" -- 7. The Pawley government capitulates -- 8. "To court we go" -- 9. The language of bigotry : reason and unreason in the language debates -- 10. Explaining the crisis : symbolism, status, and right-wing authoritarianism -- App. 1. Samples of the Manitoba Gazette (1874) and the Statutes of Manitoba (1888) published in French -- App. 2. Draft tripartite agreement on the constitutional amendment, dated 18 May 1983 -- App. 3. Draft proposed amendments to the Manitoba Act, 17 May 1983 (schedule to the draft constitutional amendment of 18 May 1983) -- App. 4. Resolution to amend the Manitoba Act introduced in the Manitoba legislative assembly by attorney-general Roland Penner, 4 July 1983 -- App. 5. Members of the Manitoba legislative assembly during the French-language crisis.

ISBN

0773527087

OCLC

• ocm53847072
• SCSB-5055517

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries