Contents -- Preface to the Revised Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Chronology -- Introduction: The Sense of History -- 1 From Conquest to Rebellion -- 2 Two Nations Warring? 1791-1867 -- 3 Living with Compromise: Quebec in Canada, 1867-1919 -- 4 King, Quebec, and Duplessis, 1919-48 -- 5 The Awakening of Quebec: The Quiet Revolution, 1945-65 -- 6 The Long Division, 1960-8 -- 7 The Constitution and the Crisis, 1965-71 -- 8 The Politics of Language, 1969-77 -- 9 A Province in Search of a Country, 1976-82 -- 10 Meech Lake and the 'Beau Risque,' 1987-90 -- 11 Preparing for the Second Round, 1990-4 -- 12 Where Do We Go from Here? -- Postscript -- Bibliographic Note -- Participants -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.