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Riel's defence : perspectives on his speeches

Hansen, Hans V., 1948- (author,, editor of compilation.). Riel, Louis 1844-1885 Speeches. (Added Author).

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  • ISBN: 9780773543362 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780773543355 (bound)
  • ISBN: 077354335X (bound)
  • ISBN: 0773543368 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: print
    vi, 331 p. ; 23 cm.
  • Publisher: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2014.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes reprints of two speeches given by Louis Riel.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: The Queen vs Louis Riel : the historical context / Desmond Morton -- "Through the grace of God I am the founder of Manitoba" : Louis Riel's constitutional thought / Nicole C. O'Byrne -- Louis Riel's trial speeches / Thomas Flanagan -- The use and force of rhetorical strategies in Louis Riel's first speech / Christopher Tindale -- Narrative and logical orders in Louis Riel's address to the jury / Hans V. Hansen -- "A new German-Indian world" in the north-west : a Métis deconstruction of the rhetoric of immigration in Louis Riel's trial speeches / Kerry Sloan -- Reconstructing the substantive argument in Louis Riel's address to the jury / Paul Groarke -- "An insane and irresponsible government" : Louis Riel and the representation of responsibility / Benjamin Authers -- "Who starts the nations?" : Louis Riel and the question of geopolitical legitimacy / Jennifer Reid -- Louis Riel's ethos and the différend / Maurice Charland -- The case of two trials, Louis Riel and Socrates : intersections, overlaps, divergences / Louis Groarke.
Subject: Riel, Louis -- 1844-1885 -- Criticism and interpretation
Riel, Louis -- 1844-1885 -- Trials, litigation, etc
Speeches, addresses, etc., Canadian (English) -- Canada, Western -- History and criticism
Forensic orations -- Canada, Western -- History -- 19th century
Rhetoric -- Canada, Western -- History -- 19th century
Trials (Treason) -- Canada, Western -- History -- 19th century
Métis -- Legal status, laws, etc -- Canada, Western -- History -- 19th century
Riel Rebellion, 1885 -- Sources
Canada, Western -- History -- 19th century -- Sources

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Camosun College Library.

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