Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents iii
3. List of Tables, Maps, and Graphs vii
4. Abbreviations x
5. Preface to the English Translation xi
6. Preface to the French Edition xvii
7. Foreword to the French Edition xxiii
8. Introduction 1
9. Expansion Through Furs And Wheat. 1760-1815
10. A Tentative Rational Chronology 35
11. The Crisis of the Conquest, 1760-1764 46
12. The Difficulties of Reconstruction, 1765-1774 73
13. The Economy of Quebec during the American Revolution, 1775-1783 103
14. Post-War Problems and Orientations, 1783-1792 130
15. Prosperity through Furs and Wheat, 1793-1802 155
16. Structural Changes, 1803-1812 175
17. The War of 1812 and Its Repercussions 221
18. The Crisis in the Economy of Quebec. 1816-1851
19. A Tentative Rational Chronology 245
20. The Reversal of the Conjoncture and the Union Crisis, 1815-1823 255
21. The Reversal of the Conjoncture and the Union Crisis, 1815-1823, Continued 299
22. The Agricultural Crisis and the Decline of Imperial Solidarity, 1823-1836 332
23. The British Régime Saved by Timber, 1823-1836 395
24. The Failure of the Insurrectionary Movement, 1837-1839 420
25. Quebec at the Time of the Reform, 1840-1850 448
26. Quebec at the Time of the Reform, 1840-1850, Continued 491
27. The Slowness of Socio-Economic Changes and the Enduring Mentalities of the “Ancien Regime” 547
28. Postscript 610
29. Notes 618
30. Bibliography 642
31. Graphs 659
32. Index 681