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The ‘Most Splendid Pageant Ever Seen’: Grandeur, the Domestic, and Condescension in Lord Durham’s Political Theatre
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The ‘Most Splendid Pageant Ever Seen’: Grandeur, the Domestic, and Condescension in Lord Durham’s Political Theatre
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Abstract |
A thematic analysis of the performance of grandeur and the workings of the domestic domain in Lord Durham’s 1838 mission to Canada, framed by literatures on manners, morals and symbolic politics. The author describes the social impact of the mission on Lower Canada’s society.
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The Canadian Historical Review
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Vol. 89
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no. 1
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55-88
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March 2008
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en
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Curtis, Bruce. “The ‘Most Splendid Pageant Ever Seen’: Grandeur, the Domestic, and Condescension in Lord Durham’s Political Theatre.” The Canadian Historical Review Vol. 89, no. 1 (March 2008): 55–88.
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