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Napoleon and the French Canadians
Biography French Canada History Debates Men and Ideas Napoleon Bonaparte Public History Quebec Serge Joyal War War & Weaponry
By Serge Joyal. All countries create myths to adumbrate their aspirations and to reflect an image of their national identity. Such was the myth of Napoleon in France and, as we shall see, even in French Canada.
In Search of Quebec Conservatives
Beijing Corrective History French Canada Quebec
From the Archives: The Dorchester Review has been covering the distinctive conservatism of Quebec since our premier issue in 2011. Here's D.C. Belanger's review from that issue.
The Bogus History of Angélique
Frederic Bastien French Canada Indigenous
The fanciful notion that New France was a slave society evaporates like a drop of water under the desert sun, writes Frédéric Bastien
The Patience of Job
Canada French Canada Indigenous Jesuit Order
James Carson bids us to “reimagine” that St. John Brébeuf, the Jesuit martyr, was “never martyred” but “died for reasons indigenous to the time and place he inhabited, for reasons that rest squarely on the deep beliefs of the people who had welcomed him.” Historian Christopher Blum is not convinced.