A People's History of Quebec

De: Jacques Lacoursière, Robin Philpot

Narrado por: Matthew Josdal

Revealing a little-known part of North American history, this lively guide tells the fascinating tale of the settlement of the St. Lawrence Valley. It also tells of the Montreal and Quebec-based explorers and traders who traveled, mapped, and inhabited a very large part of North America and "embrothered the peoples" they met, as Jack Kerouac wrote. Connecting everyday life to the events that emerged as historical turning points in the life of a people, this audiobook sheds new light on Quebec's 450-year history - and on the historical forces that lie behind its two recent efforts to gain independence.

©2009 Jacques Lacoursièr and Robin Philpot (P)2020 Tantor

Disappointing narration

A fairly dry telling of Quebec’s history, narrated by someone whose French accent is like an American high school student’s. The reading felt phoned-in, without much regard to phrasing. Better than nothing I guess.

chronology

mostly a date and time chronology of events but it jumps around. it would have been better with more background stories of how events development.

Political & military history , NOT a people’s history

Start of the book could gave benefited from context of what was going on in the world and North America.
Attention given to events, etc., across the timeline is very uneven and doesn’t relate to the relevance of the history and current situation of Quebec.
Narration was very strange. At times i wondered whether it was an automated reading of the text. E.g., little to no pausing between sentences or paragraphs