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NationalistsfromQuebecandCatholicmilitantsfromMexicooncesharedacommoncauseonethatinuencedinternationalrelationsbetweentheirtwocountries.AtatimewhentheRevolutionanditsaftermathinMexicoandworldwarsmarginalizedvoicesofpoliticaldissentinCanadaCatholicsinbothnationssawtheirculturalstrugglesasinterconnectedandworkedtobuildtransnationalalliancesasmeaningfuldiscoursesofculturalidentity.InConnectedStrugglesMauriceDemersconsidershowandwhygroupsfromMexicoandQuebecactivelysoughttoestablishcloseculturalandpoliticallinks.DrawingonextensiveresearchingovernmentreligiousanduniversityarchivesinMexicoandCanadaDemersdelvesintotheac-torstheirrationalesandtheprocessesandmeaningsofsuchalliances.HeproposesareinterpretationofNorth-SouthcollaborationintheAmericasbyanalysinghowthebondscreatedbyQuebecsandMexicoscivilsocietiesandreligiouscommunitiesinuenceddiplomaticrelationsshowingnotonlytheCatholicoriginsofthissolidaritybutitsconservativeevenreactionaryroots.DemersexplainshowtheforeignministriesofCanadaandMexicobothusedanddenouncedtheselinkagesbetweentheircoun-triesdependingonthepoliticalgainstobemade.DocumentingtheemergenceofsolidaritybetweenFrenchCanadiansandMexicansConnectedStrugglescontributestotheunderstandingoftheinuenceofcivilsocietiesinthehistoryofinternationalrelations.MauriceDemersisassistantprofessorofhistoryatUniversitdeSherbrooke.ThetwentiethcenturywitnessedboththeformationofNewfoundlandasaself-consciousnationalentityandtheconstructionofdistinctandself-awaremiddleandupperclassesinitscapitalcity.Thisinterdisciplinarycollectionexaminesthekeyrolesplayedbywomeninthecreationofthisstateandsocietyandtheessentialinuencethatgenderethnicityandreligionplayedinclassrelations.ShiftingclassrelationswereformedinthesalientpoliticaleventsofthersthalfofthetwentiethcenturyinNewfoundlandtheFirstWorldWarthesuffragemovementtheGreatDepressiontheSecondWorldWarandnallyNewfoundlandscontestedentryintotheCanadianConfederation.CreatingThisPlaceshowshowupper-middle-andworking-classworldswereestab-lishedintheeverydayworkofwomenaswellasthewaysinwhichthecom-plexsocialboundariesoftheperiodwereconstructed.Individualchaptersexploreissuessuchaswomensworkinreligiousandvoluntaryinstitutionstheirstruggleforvoicesuffrageandpoliticalchangetheworkofdomesticservantsandtheconstructionofproperwomenandmothersthroughdenominationaleducation.CreatingThisPlaceadoptsaninnovativeperspectiveonNewfoundlandandLabradorthatfocusesontheoftenoverlookedlivesofurbanwomen.Forafulllistofcontributorspleasevisitmqup.ca.LindaCullumisassociateprofessorofsociologyatMemorialUniversity.MarilynPorterisprofessoremeritaofsociologyatMemorialUniversity.35MQUPSPRING2014CANADIANHISTORYLATINAMERICANHISTORYSOCIOLOGYHISTORYSPECIFICATIONSJuly2014978-0-7735-4357-732.95ACDNpaper978-0-7735-4356-0100.00SCDN100.00SUS75.00cloth6x9288pp7bwphotosSimultaneouselectroniceditionavailableSPECIFICATIONSApril2014978-0-7735-4311-929.95TCDN29.95AUS19.99paper978-0-7735-4310-2100.00SCDN100.00SUS75.00cloth6x9304pp34bwphotos2mapsSimultaneouselectroniceditionavailableConnectedStrugglesCatholicsNationalistsandTransnationalRelationsbetweenMexicoandQuebec19171945mauricedemersHowculturalandreligiousdiplomacyinuencedCanada-Mexicorelations.CreatingThisPlaceWomenFamilyandClassinStJohns19001950editedbylindacullumandmarilynporterThewomenofStJohnsandthemakingofNewfoundlandsociety.