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Title Riel's defence : perspectives on his speeches / edited by Hans V. Hansen
Published Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2014
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Contents The Queen vs Louis Riel : the historical context / Desmond Morton -- "Through the grace of God I am the founder of Manitoba" : Louis Riel's constitutional thought / Nicole C. O'Byrne -- Louis Riel's trial speeches / Thomas Flanagan -- The use and force of rhetorical strategies in Louis Riel's first speech / Christopher Tindale -- Narrative and logical orders in Louis Riel's address to the jury / Hans V. Hansen -- "A new German-Indian world" in the north-west : a Me?tis deconstruction of the rhetoric of immigration in Louis Riel's trial speeches / Kerry Sloan -- Reconstructing the substantive argument in Louis Riel's address to the jury / Paul Groarke -- "An insane and irresponsible government" : Louis Riel and the representation of responsibility / Benjamin Authers -- "Who starts the nations?" : Louis Riel and the question of geopolitical legitimacy / Jennifer Reid -- Louis Riel's ethos and the diffe?rend / Maurice Charland -- The case of two trials, Louis Riel and Socrates : intersections, overlaps, divergences / Louis Groarke
Summary In 1885, Louis Riel was charged with high treason, found guilty, and consequently executed for his role in Saskatchewan's North-West Rebellion. During his trial, the Metis leader gave two speeches, passionately defending the interests of the Metis in western Canada as well as his own life
Notes Includes reprints of two speeches given by Louis Riel
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Riel, Louis, 1844-1885 -- Criticism and interpretation
Riel, Louis, 1844-1885 -- Trials, litigation, etc
SUBJECT Riel, Louis, 1844-1885 fast
Subject Forensic orations -- Canada, Western -- History -- 19th century
Rhetoric -- Canada, Western -- History -- 19th century
Trials (Treason) -- Canada, Western -- History -- 19th century
Métis -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Canada, Western -- History -- 19th century
Northwest Resistance, Canada, 1885 -- Sources
Racially mixed people -- Civil rights -- Canada, Western -- History -- 19th century
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Speech.
HISTORY -- Canada -- Post-Confederation (1867- )
Racially mixed people -- Civil rights
Forensic orations
Métis -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Rhetoric
Trials (Treason)
SUBJECT Canada, Western -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
Subject Western Canada
Genre/Form Electronic books
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Sources
Trials, litigation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Hansen, Hans V., 1948- author, editor
Riel, Louis, 1844-1885. Speeches
ISBN 9780773590465
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