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Generation Rising: The Time of the Québec Student Spring
Shawn Katz
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paperback. The Quebec student strike in the spring of 2012 has been linked with the Arab Spring, and The Idle No More movements as one of the most important and significant social protests of modern times. " Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBCQ; 3JMG; JNM; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
First there was the Arab Spring, then the Indignados, then Occupy Wall Street. And then there was the Printemps erable the Maple Spring. In 2011, proclaiming the need for austerity, Quebec s governing Liberal Party announced a draconian increase in tuition fees. Enraged that the government would destroy a legacy of public education, so hard won during the 1960s Quiet Revolution a legacy from which they themselves had reaped benefits the youth of Quebec took to the streets in a student strike under the banner of the carres rouges. They fought not merely for education, but for the future: a ... Read more
First there was the Arab Spring, then the Indignados, then Occupy Wall Street. And then there was the Printemps erable the Maple Spring. In 2011, proclaiming the need for austerity, Quebec s governing Liberal Party announced a draconian increase in tuition fees. Enraged that the government would destroy a legacy of public education, so hard won during the 1960s Quiet Revolution a legacy from which they themselves had reaped benefits the youth of Quebec took to the streets in a student strike under the banner of the carres rouges. They fought not merely for education, but for the future: a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Fernwood Publishing Canada
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Black Point, Nova Scotia, Canada
ISBN
9781552667255
SKU
V9781552667255
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