The Rise and Decline of Science at Quebec, 1824-1844

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Title
The Rise and Decline of Science at Quebec, 1824-1844
Abstract
The author points out that in the opening years of the nineteenth century, the English and French populations of Quebec City maintained a shaky, often strained, accommodation. Social conditions for the cultivation of science were met for a period just long enough to allow science to flourish; the inner contradictions of Quebec society rose closer to the surface during the 1830s, breaking forth in 1837. The author explains that if social stability within a bourgeoisie is necessary for science to be cultivated, then the growing estrangement of the two elites of Quebec in the 1830s could only lead to the failure of scientific activity.
Publication
Histoire sociale / Social History
Volume
Vol. 10
Issue
No. 19
Pages
77-91
Date
1977
Language
en
URL
Citation
Jarrell, Richard A. “The Rise and Decline of Science at Quebec, 1824-1844.” Histoire sociale / Social History Vol. 10, no. No. 19 (1977): 77–91. https://hssh.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/hssh/article/view/38639.
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