A nation beyond borders : Lionel Groulx on French-Canadian minorities / Michel Bock ; translated by Ferdinanda Van Gennip.

Cover; Title Page; (c) COPYRIGHT; Table of Contents; Translator's Note; Preface; Introduction; Chapter One; The French Minorities in the Work and Thought of Lionel Groulx: The Blind Spot of Historians of French-Canadian Nationalism; French-Canadian Nationalism and the Emergence of the Theory of Provincialism; The Historians and L'Action française; The Historians and the Thought of Lionel Groulx; Modernity, "Americanity" and the French Minorities; Québec and the French Minorities in Recent Historiography; Chapter Two.

The French Minorities, Remnant of an Empire: French Canada, Its Apostolic Vocation and Founding MissionThe French-Canadian Nation According to Lionel Groulx: Conceptual Clarifications; The Minorities and French-Canadian Messianism; The Minorities and the Compact Theory of Confederation; Chapter Three; Québec and Its Relationship to the French Minorities: The Ties That Bind; Québec, the Metropolis of French Canada; National Solidarity At Work; Chapter Four; The Franco-Ontarians and Regulation 17: The Awakening of the Nation; Groulx and French Ontario: Contacts and Connections.

The French-Canadian Nationalist Movement and the Catalyzing Role of Regulation17Groulx Intervenes in the Franco-Ontarian Crisis; The Grand Prix d'Action française; Alonié de Lestres and L'Appel de la race; Chapter Five; The French Minorities and the "French State": The Indépendentiste Theory During the Interwar Period; L'Action française and "Our Political Future": The 1922 Study; Reactions to the 1922 Study; Lionel Groulx, the French Minorities and the Idea of Independence During the 1930s; Chapter six.

From the Second World War to the Quiet Revolution: Lionel Groulx, the French Minorities and Québécois Neo-Nationalism (1945-1967)Anticlericalism, Laicization and Materialism: Challenges to Groulx's Intellectual Legacy; Groulx and the Minorities: Ongoing Relations; The Minorities in Groulx's Historical Work; Conclusion; Index.

"French Canada can no longer be considered a geographical expression defined by the borders of Québec," wrote priest, historian and intellectual leader Lionel Groulx in 1935. Groulx became one of the chief advocates of solidarity between Québec and the French minorities well beyond the borders of la vieille province.

Includes bibliographies and index.

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