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La répression du désordre dans une ville portuaire : l'exemple de la ville de Québec, 1850-1875
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La répression du désordre dans une ville portuaire : l'exemple de la ville de Québec, 1850-1875
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| Abstract |
The author notes that the period from 1850 to 1875 was a true "golden age" for port activity in Quebec City, but it also saw a peak in the number of arrests for public disorder. The author examines the repression of urban disorder in the port city of Quebec and the effects of the summer navigation season which, by temporarily inflating the city's population, put urban institutions to the test. The judicial and penal systems had to adapt to the yearly summer increase in disorder in order to respond to the changing desires of urban elites, especially in regards to more expeditious justice. The author shows that the search for a more effective response to seasonal disorder rapidly came up against the limitations of the city's prison. The author concludes that the measures taken against sailors for offences relating to maritime discipline, in particular refusal of duty and desertion, stemmed more from the imperatives of economic interests than from a true desire to control or to address the problem of urban disorder. The author's research also contributes to a better understanding of the role of the port city of Quebec in the dynamics of transatlantic trade in the second half of the nineteenth century.
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Master's Thesis
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Université Laval
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Québec
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2018
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ix-158p.
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fr
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Rousseau, Florence. “La répression du désordre dans une ville portuaire : l’exemple de la ville de Québec, 1850-1875.” Master’s Thesis, Université Laval, 2018. https://corpus.ulaval.ca/jspui/bitstream/20.500.11794/29924/1/33893.pdf.
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