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Filled with original documents and vintage illustrations, this
history chronicles the lives of the Hart family--a Jewish family
who settled in predominantly Catholic Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, in
1761. Following Aaron Hart and his descendants for a century, this
account not only bares the Jewish struggle for equality and
freedom, but also delineates the contributions made by the various
family members--including the passing of the Jewish Emancipation
Act in 1832 and the creation of the Hart Memorial Trophy for the
National Hockey League's Most Valuable Player. A fascinating and
comprehensive read, this book breaks new ground in its examination
of the Jewish experience in North America.
Recalling the full significance of the contact made between Europe
and the Americas, this book shows how the encounter of two "old
worlds" gave rise to a truly new world on both sides of the
Atlantic. From astronomy to food, the history shows how America
began transforming Europe the moment European explorers set foot on
American soil. Featuring an alphabetical glossary to connect the
particular to the universal, the book reveals the vast
contributions the Americas and their original inhabitants made to
the world.
In the summer of 1760, ten months after the fall of Quebec City,
British forces under the command of General Amherst were converging
on Montreal, which would capitulate to the British by early
September. Somehow Amherst had managed to break the complex network
of French-Native alliances on which New France relied. In this
study, historian Denis Vaugeois shows how a simple "safe-conduct"
that allowed the Huron of Lorette to return to their village near
Quebec was, 230 years later, given the force and significance of a
treaty in the Supreme Court of Canada's 1990 Sioui decision.
Vaugeois sets the context by reviewing the important events of the
Seven Years War and then examines the train of events between the
fall of Quebec and that of Montreal in detail. He looks at the same
events from three different perspectives - as empirical facts, in
their legal interpretation, and as the subject of debates by
historians. The result is a detective story with unexpected twists
and surprising revelations. It also sheds light on how, since the
1982 patriation of the constitution, Canadian courts have become a
formidable tool for Natives in asserting their rights. It examines
the extent to which this creates two categories of citizen and
poses a threat to the foundations of Canadian society.
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