American Perceptions of Québec

American Perceptions of Québec

Article describing popular American ideas of Québec and Canada in the 1970s and 1980s. The appearance of Québec in USA print and television media; attitudes of the American business community toward Canadian and Québécois economy; American understandings and misunderstandings of Québec linguistic and cultural identities. Low interest among Americans in Québec and Canadian politics, and the changing perceptions of Québec among American economists and foreign policy analysts amidst Québec separatist energies in the 1980s. Comparisons between Québec and the historical make-up of the USA Confederacy and the American South.

Hero, Alfred Olivier, Jr.

1984

en

Journal Article

1960-1983; Québec

0737-3759 ; 9739-3759

16-35

Québec Studies

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