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1. The Scarecrow on the Other Side of the Pond: The Paris Commune of 1871 in the Canadian Press.

Author

Bargain-Villéger, Alban

Subjects
*PRESS & politics, *HISTORY of newspapers, *PRESS, *MORAL norms, *NATION building, *POLITICAL change -- History, *NINETEENTH century, *HISTORY, *ETHICS, PARIS Commune, 1871, CONFEDERATION of Canada, 1867
Abstract

The article explores Canadian press coverage of the Paris Commune movement in France in 1871. Emphasis is given to the moral aspects of the insurrection in relation to Canadian nationhood and the political development of Canadian Confederation. The author examines newspaper accounts on topics such as the separation of church and state, the appropriation of church property, and the social behavior of women. Other topics include the differences between Anglophone and Francophone newspapers, the popularization of socialism, and moral condemnation.

Published
2014

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