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Title

Quebec since 1930 : a history / Paul-André Linteau ... [et al.] ; translated by Robert Chandos and Ellen Garmaise.

Publication

Toronto : J. Lorimer, 1991.

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Additional Authors

• Linteau, Paul André
• Linteau, Paul-André, 1946-

Description

xvii, 632 p. : ill., maps, ports.; 23 cm.

Subject

• Geschichte 1930-1990
• Since 1960
• Québec (Province) > History > 1960-

Genre/Form

• History
• History.

Note

• Includes index.
• Translation of: Histoire du Québec contemporain, v. 2.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 601-628) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Pt. 1. The depression and the war, 1930-1945 -- Introduction -- 1. Industry under attack -- 2. Agriculture: a refuge from the depression -- 3. A new economic role for the state -- 4. Urbanization on hold -- 5. The working world -- 6. Direct relief -- 7. Religion and education -- 8. Challenge to liberalism -- 9. Managing the depression -- 10. Managing the war -- 11. A changing federal system -- 12. The new consumer culture -- 13. Order and adventure -- Pt. 2. The Duplessis era, 1945-1960 -- Introduction -- 14. The baby boom -- 15. Economic dependence -- 16. A new industrial boom -- 17. The role of the service sector -- 18. The modernization of agriculture -- 19. Economic policies -- 20. Urban growth -- 21. The power structure -- 22. Full employment and the rise of trade unionism -- 23. Prosperity and poverty -- 24. Two institutions in crisis, religions and churches -- 25. The era of impatience -- 26. An era of stable government -- 27. The new federalism and provincial autonomy -- 28. The coming of television -- 29. The triumph of modernity -- Pt 3. The Quiet Revolution and its aftermath, 1960- -- Introduction -- 30. The impact of the generations -- 31. Corporate concentration and control -- 32. The government and the economy -- 33. Industrial decline -- 34. The advent of agribusiness -- 35. A service economy -- 36. Regional inequality and economic development -- 37. The inescapable city -- 38. Dominant groups and the rise of new elites -- 39. Workers -- 40. Ethnic diversity -- 41. The language issue -- 42. The women's movement -- 43. The consumer society -- 44. The welfare state -- 45. Secularization -- 46. Access to education -- 47. Pluralism and the desire for change -- 48. Reform of the state -- 49. The renewal of party politics -- 50. Government in a time of change -- 51. The confrontation between Quebec and Canada -- 52. The flowering of consumer culture -- 53. A time of cultural ferment -- 54. Culture and the state -- General conclusions.

ISBN

• 1550282980 (bound) :
• 1550282964 (pbk.) :

LCCN

cn^89094964^

OCLC

• 20266095
• SCSB-12896188

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library