A Note on Vocabulary
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Note to the Paperback Edition
Map of Montreal
1. Introduction
2. An English City: Montreal before the Quiet Revolution
Urban Growth and Linguistic Diversity, 1760-1960 • Linguistic Geography and the Two Solitudes • Language Use and Language Choice through 1960 • Language and the Economy: Historical Patterns • The Politics of Language through 1960 • Language Policy before 1960 • Urban Governance and Linguistic Accommodation • The Winds of Change: Language and Politics in the 1950s
3. The Quiet Revolution and the Politicization of Language
The Roots of the Quiet Revolution • Linguistic Tensions and the Quiet Revolution • Francophone Demands for a Government Language Policy, 1960-1966 • The Anglicization of Immigrants • The Political Ramifications of Immigrant Anglicization
4. Linguistic Crises and Policy Responses, 1967-1969
Policy Response I: Bill 85 • Conflicts Become Crises: Linguistic Battles of 1969 • Policy Response II: Bill 63 • Language and the Restructuring of School Governance • Conclusion
5. A Polarized City, 1970-1976
Montreal 1970: A City in Turmoil • The Federal Government and Montreal's Language Question • Holding Action, 1970-1973 • Bourassa Prepares to Act • Bill 22: A Policy Disaster • Conclusion
6. Bill 101 and the Politics of Language, 1977-1989
The PQ Enacts a Language Policy • Anglophones and Bill 101 • Conflicts and Compromises in Language Policy, 1979-1985 • Bourassa Reignites the Language Question, 1985-1989 • The Impact of Bill 101: Education • Conclusion
7. Public Policy, Language, and the Montreal Economy, 1960-1989
The Quebec State and Francophone Economic Development • State Corporations and Francophone Economic Development • The Linguistic Impact of Public Works • Closing the Linguistic Education Gap • Language Policy and Regulation of the Private Sector • Conclusion
8. The Francisation of the Montreal Economy
The Language of the Workplace • The Control of Capital • The Socioeconomic Status of Francophones • The External Face of Business • Public Policy, Market Forces, and Economic Change • Conclusion
9. English and French in the New Montreal
Linguistic Demography, 1971-1986 • The End of the Two Solitudes? • The New Ethnicity and Francophone Montreal • The New Francophone Class Structure • Whither the Language Question
Notes
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