Unveiling the Nation: The Politics of Secularism in France and Quebec

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Legal deposit second quarter 2019

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This book has been published with the help of a grant from the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, through the Awards to Scholarly Publications Program, using funds provided by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, which last year invested $153 million to bring the arts to Canadians throughout the country.

Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien. L’an dernier, le Conseil a investi 153 millions de dollars pour mettre de l’art dans la vie des Canadiennes et des Canadiens de tout le pays.

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Title: Unveiling the nation : the politics of secularism in France and Quebec / Emily Laxer.

Names: Laxer, Emily, 1983– author.

Description: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: LCSH: Secularism – Political aspects – France. | LCSH: Secularism – Political aspects – Québec (Province) | LCSH: Religion and state – France. | LCSH: Religion and state – Québec (Province)

Classification: LCC BL2765.F8 L39 2019 | DDC 322/.10944—dc23

This book was typeset by True to Type in 10.5/13 Sabon