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The Quebec Clerk Controversy: A Study in Sociability, the Public Sphere, and the Eighteenth-Century Spirit of Enlightenment
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The Quebec Clerk Controversy: A Study in Sociability, the Public Sphere, and the Eighteenth-Century Spirit of Enlightenment
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In December 1790, a proposal advocating the creation of a weekly club for merchant clerks was published in the Quebec Herald, leading to a controversy over the propriety of sociability, public debate and the proper conduct of youth. The author explores the concerns expressed by contributors to the newspaper on both sides of the issue. He concludes that the debate provides a window into the diffusion of the spirit of Enlightenment among the colony's English-speaking society on the eve of the Constitution Act.
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The Canadian Historical Review
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Vol. 90
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no. 4
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609-638
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December 2009
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en
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Eamon, Michael. “The Quebec Clerk Controversy: A Study in Sociability, the Public Sphere, and the Eighteenth-Century Spirit of Enlightenment.” The Canadian Historical Review Vol. 90, no. 4 (December 2009): 609–638.
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