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HistoryhasoftenignoredtheinuenceinmodernQuebecoffamilydynas-tiespatriarchyseigneuriallandandtraditionalinstitutions.Followingtheascentoffourgenerationsfromtwofamiliesthrougheighteenth-centuryNewFrancetotheonsetoftheFirstWorldWarPatricianFamiliesandtheMakingofQuebeccomparestheFrenchCatholicTaschereausandtheAnglicanandEnglish-speakingMcCords.BrianYoungshowshowpatriarchywasacentralforceinbothdomesticandpubliclifeaswellasthewaysinwhichTaschereauandMcCordfamilystrategiesextendedintothemarrowofQuebecsocietythroughmoralau-thorityinuenceonnationalidentitiesandtheirpositionswithinseniorof-cesinreligiousjudicialanduniversityinstitutions.Throughcourthousescemeteriesbelfriesandtheirownchapelsandneoclassicalestatestheycreatedencompassingculturallandscapes.Latergenerationsusedmuseumsarchiveshistoriancollaboratorsphotographyandmodernprinttoelevatefamilyachievementtothestatusofheroicnationalnarratives.SagasofthemoniedandentrepreneurialnationalistimperativestoprotectavulnerablepeopleandskepticismaboutthelastingpowerofgreatfamiliesandhistoricalinstitutionshaverelegatedtheinuenceoftheTaschereausandMcCordstoobscurity.PatricianFamiliesandtheMakingofQuebecresuscitatesthecentralroletheseelitefamiliesplayedinEnglishandFrenchQuebec.BrianYoungisprofessoremeritusofhistoryatMcGillUniversityandtheauthorandco-authorofseveralbooksincludingwithJohnDickinsonAShortHistoryofQuebecnowinitsfourthedition.Pierre-EspritRadisson16361710wasmanymen.HewasateenagercapturedtorturedandadoptedbytheMohawkandayouthrelishingthefreedomofthewilderness.HewastheFrench-bornservantofanambitiousEnglishtradingcompanyandahaplesspetitioneratthecourtofLouisXIV.Hewasacentralgureinthetug-of-warbetweenFranceandEnglandoverHudsonBayandapretendertoaristocraticstatuswhohadtodefendhisactionsbeforeJamesII.FinallyhewasaretiredseacaptaintryingtoprovideforhischildrenanddespitethepensionhehadfoughtforthedecaydGentlemandescribedinhisburialrecord.Radissonswritingscharacterizedbyhubrisandcontradictionprovokemanyquestions.Washeasemi-literatewoodsmanArehisaccountsofNativelifeethnographicallyreliableCanhebetrustedtotellthetruthabouthim-selfHowimportantwerehisexplorationsAllthesequestionsareraisedinthisrstcriticaleditionofRadissonswritingsinbothEnglishandFrenchwhichincludespreviouslyunknowndocuments.InVolume2RadissonrecountshispartinthebattleoverpossessionofHudsonBaywagedinthe1680sbyEnglandandFrancehisdifcultiesattheFrenchandEnglishcourtsandhisstrugglewiththeHudsonsBayCompanyforhisjustreward.StrikingasuperbbalancebetweenaccessiblewritingandcomprehensivescholarshipthisneweditionofRadissonswritingisindispensabledenitiveandreassertstheimportantrolesthatRadissonplayedinseventeenth-centuryNorthAmericanrivalries.GermaineWarkentinisprofessoremeritusofEnglishattheUniversityofTorontoandafellowoftheRoyalSocietyofCanada.CANADIANHISTORYCANADIANHISTORYQUEBECHISTORYPatricianFamiliesandtheMakingofQuebecTheTaschereausandMcCordsbrianyoungAnanalysisoftwoelitefamiliesintheshapingofEnglishandFrenchQuebec.Pierre-EspritRadissonTheCollectedWritingsVolume2ThePortNelsonRelationsMiscellaneousWritingsandRelatedDocumentseditedbygermainewarkentinArevolutionarynewreadingofRadissonslifeinNewFranceHudsonBayEnglandandamongCanadasAboriginalpeople.SPECIFICATIONSStudiesontheHistoryofQuebectudesdhistoireduQubecOctober2014978-0-7735-4436-934.95ACDN34.95AUS22.99paper978-0-7735-4435-2100.00SCDN100.00SUS65.00cloth7x10464ppcoloursection120bwphotos4maps11tables2diagramse-bookavailableSPECIFICATIONSCo-publishedwiththeChamplainSocietyOctober2014978-0-7735-4437-665.00SCDN65.00SUS42.00cloth6x9304pp8bwphotose-bookavailable5MQUPFALL2014