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Patrician Liberal

The Public and Private Life of Sir Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, 1829-1908

by (author) John Little

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Oct 2013
Category
Political, Canadian, General
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    ISBN
    9781442666986
    Publish Date
    Oct 2013
    List Price
    $97.00

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Description

Patrician Liberal examines the life and career of a neglected figure in Canadian history, Sir Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière. This book provides a detailed account of Joly’s political career as Quebec premier, Cabinet minister in the Laurier government, and lieutenant-governor of British Columbia, as well as his public role as a French-speaking Protestant promoter of national unity, a leading spokesperson for the Canadian forest conservation movement, a Quebec seigneur, and father to a large and devoted family.

Joly’s life serves as a prism through which author J.I. Little elucidates important themes in Quebec and Canadian society, economy, politics, and culture during the Victorian and Edwardian eras. As Little reveals, Joly’s story is particularly fascinating for how closely the conflicting forces in his life – religious, cultural, and social – mirrored those of a Canadian society straining to forge a cohesive and distinctive national identity.

About the author

J.I. Little is a professor emeritus in the Department of History at Simon Fraser University.

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Editorial Reviews

‘The book is social history of highest order, written by one of our best practitioners in the field.’

Canadian Historical Review, vol 95:02:2014