The Formal and Informal Politics of British Rule In Post-Conquest Quebec, 1760-1837

This striking reinterpretation of the history of Quebec in the revolutionary era - demonstrated through a micro-historical analysis of 20,000 court records as well as official and unofficial political discourses - shows that a central aim of British Imperial rule was the assimilation and subjugation of the French Canadian majority in the colony.

Introduction: Reinterpreting Quebec as a Colonialist Project: Discourse, Practice, and the Politics of Cultural Assimilation; 1 'Thy Mangl'd Empire': Perverted Americans, Barbaric Canadians, and Extravagant Savages; 2 The Making of Britannicus Canadensis: The Canada Act as Magna Carta; 3 'The World is Made for Men': Interpersonal Violence in Quebec, 1763-1830; 4 'In this Increasing Commercial Emporium': Buying, Selling, and the Anglicization of Quebec; 5 'Qu'il etoit maitre chez lui' [he is the master of his house]: family Government and Political Authority in Counterrevolutionary Quebec; 6 'Unfrenchifying Quebec': Ethnicity and the Political Debate Between Modern Manners and Ancient Principles; Conclusion: The Ambivalence of British Rule; Bibliography