René Lévesque /

René Lévesque /

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Author / Creator:Poliquin, Daniel.
Imprint:Toronto : Penguin Group, c2009.
Description:xi, 219 p. ; 21 cm.
Language:English
Series:Extraordinary Canadians
Extraordinary Canadians.
Subject:
Lévesque, René, -- 1922-1987.
Lévesque, René, -- 1922-1987
Lévesque, René, -- 1922-1987.
Prime ministers -- Québec (Province) -- Biography.
Journalists -- Québec (Province) -- Biography.
Journalists.
Prime ministers.
Québec.
Biography.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7917679
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ISBN:9780670069194
0670069191
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:He was the most unlikely leader: straightforward, uninterested in personal wealth, unprepossessing. Yet his charisma affected even those who disliked his political aim to achieve independence for Quebec. René Lévesque was born into a Quebec dominated by the Catholic Church, rural values, and Anglophone control of business. He was part of the 1960s Quiet Revolution that saw the province become a secular society bent on economic success and, for some, political independence. A journalist, war reporter, and television host, Lévesque channelled his communication skills into a political career that encompassed the most tumultuous periods in Canadian history. As founder of the Parti Québécois, he held a close referendum in 1980 that proved wrenching for Canadian unity and permanently altered the country's political landscape. Acclaimed novelist and translator Daniel Poliquin offers a unique portrait of Lévesque the man and politician, at once affectionate, critical, and incisive. --Publisher description.
Other form:Online version: Poliquin, Daniel. René Lévesque. Toronto : Penguin Group (Canada), c2009

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