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Political Thought of Lord Durham

By Janet Ajzenstat

Book information

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Year
1988
ISBN
9780773561540
DOI
10.1515/9780773561540
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (8827134 bytes)
Pages
160\152
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-09-26 21:18:02

Description

Lord Durham's Report on the Affairs of British North America is usually discussed only in terms of its historical context - the events that brought Durham to Canada and the consequences of the Report's reform proposals. In a markedly different approach, Janet Ajzenstat treats the Report as a text in modern political thought. She develops Durham's underlying arguments and assumptions, demonstrating the essentially liberal character of his recommendations and revealing a tough-minded argument about political freedom and the place of national minorities in a free society.

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