The Political Thought of Lord Durham

by Janet Ajzenstat

While the standard interpretation has portrayed Durham as prejudiced and ignorant about French Canada, Ajzenstat shows that, on the contrary, the assimilation proposal follows from Durham's consideration of ways of opening the widest political and economic opportunities for French Canadians. She argues that far from being "racist," as so many historians have suggested, Durham's proposals reflect the tolerance at the heart of liberalism which prohibits...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773506373
• ISBN13: 9780773506374
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"