{"product_id":"the-blue-shirts-hugues-thort-9780776624679","title":"The Blue Shirts: Adrien Arcand and Fascist Anti-Semitism in Canada","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhile Adolf Hitler was seizing power in Germany, Adrien Arcand was laying the foundations in Quebec for his Parti national social chr騁ien. The Blue Shirts, as its members were called, wore a military uniform and prominently displayed the swastika. Arcand saw Jewish conspiracy wherever he turned and his views resonated with his followers who, like him, sought a scapegoat for all the ills eroding society. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEven after his imprisonment during the Second World War, the fanatical Adrien Arcand continued his correspondence with those on the frontlines of anti-semitism. Until his death in 1967, he pursued his campaign of propaganda against communists and Jews. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHugues Th駮r黎 describes a dark period in Quebec's ideological history using an objective approach and careful, rigorous research in this book, which won the 2015 Canada Prize (Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublished in English.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hugues Th駮r黎\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0776624679\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780776624679\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Ottawa Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/16\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 356\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Hugues Th駮r黎","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947129864447,"sku":"9780776624679","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_da310ed7-1219-4578-8251-b105a239347b.jpg?v=1681516893","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-blue-shirts-hugues-thort-9780776624679","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}