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Patrician liberal : the public and private life of Sir Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, 1829-1908 / J.I. Little.
- Title
- Patrician liberal : the public and private life of Sir Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, 1829-1908 / J.I. Little.
- Author
- Little, J. I. (John Irvine), 1947-
- Publication
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2013]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | F1053.J64 L57 2013 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xx, 376 pages : illustrations, map; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Patrician Liberal examines the life and career of a neglected figure in Canadian history, Sir Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière. This book provides a detailed account of Joly's political career as Quebec premier, Cabinet minister in the Laurier government, and lieutenant-governor of British Columbia, as well as his public role as a French-speaking Protestant promoter of national unity, a leading spokesperson for the Canadian forest conservation movement, a Quebec seigneur, and father to a large and devoted family.
- Joly's life serves as a prism through which author J.I. Little elucidates important themes in Quebec and Canadian society, economy, politics, and culture during the Victorian and Edwardian eras. As Little reveals, Joly's story is particularly fascinating for how closely the conflicting forces in his life - religious, cultural, and social - mirrored those of a Canadian society straining to forge a cohesive and distinctive national identity."--Pub. desc.
- Subject
- Joly de Lotbinière, Henri-Gustave, 1829-1908
- Parti libéral du Québec > Biography
- Prime ministers > Québec (Province) > Biography
- Forest conservation > Canada > History
- Premiers (Canada) > Québec (Province) > Biography
- Québec (Province) > Politics and government > 1867-1897
- Canada > Politics and government > 1896-1911
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-366) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Chapter One: Blood and Soil -- Chapter Two: Family Man -- Chapter Three: Seigneur and Lumberman -- Chapter Four: Liberal Deputy -- Chapter Five: Quebec Premier -- Chapter Six: Promoter of National Unity -- Chapter Seven: Forest Conservationist -- Chapter Eight: Laurier Cabinet Minister -- Chapter Nine: Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia.
- ISBN
- 9781442646995 (cloth)
- 1442646993 (cloth)
- 9781442614772 (paper)
- 1442614773 (paper)
- OCLC
- 854496290
- SCSB-13504615
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library