The pauper's freedom : crime and poverty in nineteenth-century Quebec / Jean-Marie Fecteau ; translated by Peter Feldstein.

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Fecteau, Jean-Marie [Browse]
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English
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English-language edition.
Published/​Created
  • Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2017]
  • ©2017
Description
xxxviii, 408 pages ; 24 cm.

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    "At the turn of the nineteenth century, the recognition that individual and collective freedom lay at the foundation of the social order held out the hope for a more or less definitive solution to the problems of poverty and crime. But, in Quebec as elsewhere, the aspirations associated with the transition to democracy and 'liberalism' rapidly gave way to a bourgeois ideology where the poor were held personally responsible for their sad plight--since they were free, their poverty was allegedly their own fault. Jean-Marie Fecteau analyzes this complex history and the ways in which it was influenced by both the specific conditions of Quebec{u2019}s political context and the overarching issues raised by the transition to liberal democracy in the West. The Pauper{u2019}s Freedom is a connected history that offers a profound renewal of the sociopolitical history of the nineteenth century. Fecteau takes an original approach to the role played by the province{u2019}s institutions--including the state and the Catholic Church--and details the liberal mode of regulation that was then spreading throughout the western world. In addition to offering a penetrating discussion of the history of the regulation of crime and poverty, The Pauper{u2019}s Freedom also engages in an ambitious consideration of the global history of liberalism as a new relationship to the world--a relationship that continues to shape our lives."--Provided by publisher.
    Notes
    "Published originally under the title La liberté du pauvre. Crime et pauvreté au XIXe siècle québécois © VLB Éditeur 2004"--Title page verso.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-398) and index.
    Language note
    Translated from the French.
    Contents
    • Introduction
    • Part 1: Regulation and liberalism in Quebec. The concept of regulation ; Freedom, state, and individual : the shifting patterns of nineteenth-century liberal regulation ; The regulation of crime and poverty : the old system in crisis
    • Part 2: Crime and punishment in the liberal era. The administration of crime and the vicissitudes of liberalism ; The regulation of juvenile delinquency and child protection
    • Part 3. Poverty and welfare in the liberal era. An ethics of poverty ; Church and religion in the charity economy
    • Conclusion.
    Other title(s)
    • Crime and poverty in nineteenth-century Quebec
    • Crime and poverty in 19th century Quebec
    ISBN
    • 9780773549470 ((cloth))
    • 0773549471
    • 9780773549487 ((paper))
    • 077354948X
    LCCN
    2019401188
    OCLC
    971267437
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