The authors show that Protestant families often had to make a difficult choice between supporting better educational facilities in a central place far away or encouraging the survival of the local community through maintaining one of its key institutions, the local school. They explore the ambiguous nature of Protestant education, at times understood as schooling reserved for a religious minority and at others as a liberal approach similar to public schooling across North America. The Protestant community, begun as a British element within a small colony, has developed into a diverse array of people from across the religious spectrum, periodically redefining itself to meet the needs of a changing Quebec society.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references: p. [457]-478
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 379.1/531/09714
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
- General Note
- Includes index Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn-qu
- ISBN
- 9780773571839 0773526951
- LCCN
- LC623.2.Q8
- LCCN Item number
- M32 2004eb
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- 1 electronic text (xxxiii, 507 p.)
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- Canada
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
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- (CaBNVSL)gtp00521220 (OCoLC)166335052 (CaOOCEL)400265
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Table of Contents
- Contents 7
- Figures 9
- Tables 13
- Maps 15
- Acknowledgments 17
- Chronology of Key Events Pertaining to Protestant Education in Quebec 23
- Abbreviations 35
- Introduction Searching for Community 39
- An Earnest Desire for Education Early Protestant Schools in Quebec 56
- Without Distinction of Creed Common Schools and Protestant Communities 86
- The Dissenters 114
- Progress and Civilization The City Boards 137
- Local Matters Protestant Boards and One-Room Schoolhouses 172
- Central Places Protestant Communities and Secondary Schools 201
- Honorary Protestants Jewish Pupils and the Protestant Boards 231
- Daughters of the Empire Soldiers of the Soil Protestant School Boards Patriotism and War 259
- Pillars of the Community School Boards and Social Welfare 280
- Riding the Catholic Bus The Decline of Rural Protestant School Boards 298
- Meeting the Needs Modern Schools Protestant Architecture 321
- The Protestant Metropolis 351
- Numerous and Varied Origins Immigrants Human Rights and the Protestant Tradition 379
- The Language Bath Protestant Boards and French Language Instruction 397
- Paths to Wisdom The Cree and Kativik School Boards 416
- Conclusion Strange Bedfellows The Imposition of Linguistic Boards 436
- Notes 453
- Bibliography 493
- Index 515
