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The book investigates the representations of Canada circulating at the heart of the British Empire, in the "metropolis", during the three decades preceding Canadian Confederation. The author uses Canada as an epitome for the "white" Empire. Readers will be interested in discovering which representations the Victorian public read and conceived about Canada, at the beginning of the “second” British Empire, through popular women’s travelogs and emigration narratives. The book analyses the general debate on empire building circulating in the public sphere, by taking into account its Canadian margins and their representation, through books published by well-known London publishing houses whose …

The Canadian rebellions in Lower Canada (1837-38) are observed through the French and British press. Their interpretation and representation are manifold as they seem to echo or inspire several current political and nationalist debates in Europe.

Québec, Presses de l'Université Laval, 2011

978-2763794884