Governing the Island of Montreal: Language Differences and Metropolitan Politics

by Andrew Sancton

Located at the junction of the St. Lawrence and Ottawa rivers, Montreal Island is the main contact point between French and English Canadians. Prior to Quebec's "Quiet Revolution" of the 1960s, local governments in Montreal both reflected and perpetuated the mutual isolation of French and English. Residential concentration in autonomous suburbs, together with self-contained networks of schools and social services, enabled English-speaking Montrealers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520357183
• ISBN13: 9780520357181
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"