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Voices in the Legal Archives in the French Colonial World: "The King is Listening" offers, through the contribution of thirteen original chapters, a sustained analysis of judicial practices and litigation during the first era of French overseas expansion.

Voices in the Legal Archives in the French Colonial World: "The King is Listening" offers, through the contribution of thirteen original chapters, a sustained analysis of judicial practices and litigation during the first era of French overseas expansion.

Offering an appraisal of one of the most vibrant periods of Canadian history, this title explores what were the mainstream ideologies and cultural practices of the period. It argues that the postwar consensus was a cultural ideal characterized by internal tensions, and reflected diversity in the way in which citizenship identities were defined.

A re-evaluation of the history and historiography of the Canadian family.

Challenging widely held views that religious institutions entered a period of decline and irrelevance after 1900, Nancy Christie and Michael Gauvreau argue that the Methodist, Presbyterian, and United Churches enjoyed their greatest cultural influence during the first four decades of the twentieth century. By examining the relationship of these churches to both popular culture and the emerging welfare state, the authors challenge the main tene...

Nancy Christie is the Eakin Fellow in the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada at McGill University.Michael Gauvreau is a professor in the Department of History at McMaster University.