The Quebec Clerk Controversy: A Study in Sociability, the Public Sphere, and the Eighteenth-Century Spirit of Enlightenment.

In December 1790, a proposal advocating the creation of a weekly club for merchant clerks was published in the Quebec Herald, sparking a controversy over the propriety of sociability, public debate, and the proper conduct of youth. This article explores the concerns expressed by contributors to the...

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Publicado en:	Canadian Historical Review Vol. 90; no. 4; pp. 609 - 639
Autor principal:	Eamon, Michael
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	University of Toronto Press Dec2009
Materias:	Merchants Public sphere Youth services Enlightenment Civic improvement Societies Québec (Province)
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