Lord Durham's Report: Text Abridged by Gerald M. Craig |
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| Author:
| Craig, Gerald M.
Ajzenstat, Janet
Laforest, Guy |
| Series title: | Carleton Library |
| ISBN: | 978-1-282-86598-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2006 |
| Publisher: | McGill-Queen's University Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $19.95 |
Book Description:
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In his famous 1839 call to reform, John George Lambton, Earl of Durham, recommended that Upper and Lower Canada be accorded responsible government by uniting the two provinces under a single legislative assembly - a union which would also bring about the assimilation of the French-Canadians. The Report has been criticized ever since - from British imperialists who found it dangerously liberal to French Canadians who despised Durham for his presumed racism.
In his famous 1839 call to reform, John George Lambton, Earl of Durham, recommended that Upper and Lower Canada be accorded responsible government by uniting the two provinces under a single legislative assembly - a union which would also bring about the assimilation of the French-Canadians. The Report has been criticized ever since - from British imperialists who found it dangerously liberal to French Canadians who despised Durham for his presumed racism.