Remembering 1759

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Remembering 1759

The Conquest of Canada in Historical Memory

History of the Americas History

Authors: Phillip Buckner, John G. Reid

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Language: English

Published by: University of Toronto Press

Published on: 11th May 2012

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 336 pages

ISBN: 9781442699243


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This companion volume to Revisiting 1759 examines how the Conquest of Canada has been remembered, commemorated, interpreted, and reinterpreted by groups in Canada, France, Great Britain, the United States, and most of all, in Quebec. It focuses particularly on how the public memory of the Conquest has been used for a variety of cultural, political, and intellectual purposes.

The essays contained in this volume investigate topics such as the legacy of 1759 in twentieth-century Quebec; the memorialization of General James Wolfe in a variety of national contexts; and the re-imagination of the Plains of Abraham as a tourist destination. Combined with Revisiting 1759, this collection provides readers with the most comprehensive, wide-ranging assessment to date of the lasting effects of the Conquest of Canada.

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