Format:
VIII, 280 S.
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23 cm
ISBN:
1442644079
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1442612428
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9781442644076
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9781442612426
Content:
"The British victory on the Plains of Abraham in September 1759 and the subsequent Conquest of Canada were undoubtedly significant geopolitical events, but their nature and implications continue to be debated. Revisiting 1759 provides a fresh historical reappraisal of the Conquest and its aftermath using new approaches drawn from military, imperial, social, and Aboriginal history
Content:
This cohesive collection investigates many of the most hotly contested questions surrounding the Conquest: Was the battle itself a crucial turning point, or just one element in the global struggle between France and Great Britain? Did the battle's outcome reflect the superior strategy of General James Wolfe or rather errors on both sides? Did the Conquest alter the long-term trajectories of the French and British empires or simply confirm patterns well underway? How formative was the Conquest in defining the new British America and those now living under its rule?"--Pub. desc
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Introduction
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'One more card to play': revisiting Wolfe's final stratagem at Quebec
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Crossing the line? The British army and the application of European 'Rules of War' in the Quebec Campaign
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Falling into oblivion? Canada and the French monarchy, 1759-1783
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1759 : the perils of success
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The slow process of conquest : Huron-Wendat responses to conquest of Quebec, 1697-1791
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The consequences of the conquest : Quebec and British politics, 1760-1774
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Commercial interest and political allegiance : the origins of the Quebec Act
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The conquered and the conqueror : the mutual adaptation of the Canadiens and the British Quebec, 1759-1775
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'Delivered from all your distresses' : the fall of Quebec and the remaking of Nova Scotia
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'Cutting heads from shoulders': the conquest of Canada in Gealic thought, 1759-1791
Additional Edition:
Companion vol. to Remembering 1759 Toronto [u.a.] : University of Toronto Press, 2012 ISBN 9781442612518
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1442644117
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781442644113
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1442612517
Language:
English
Subjects:
English Studies
Keywords:
Plains of Abraham Schlacht
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Aufsatzsammlung
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