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Montréal: The Quest for a Metropolis

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A part of the World Cities series, Montreal provides a guide to the birth, growth and latest life of this unique North American metropolis. The authors address one of the most fundamental paradoxes at the core of the city’s dilemma: How does the city reconcile its identity as a French window on North The united states and a bilingual, increasingly more multicultural metropolis? How can its economy, currently undergoing a successful transformation into a high-tech hotbed, still suffer from high unemployment? How can a city that is seemingly allergic to urban planning, that has this type of long and cold winter and that remains divided between two cultural and linguistic majorities be so incessantly ranked some of the world’s most livable cities?
The portrait that the authors strive to paint of this intriguing city, caught in the maelstrom of political debate that permeates most of its urban issues, is both wide-ranging and fine-grained. At the heart of this debate lies the “National Question”, addressing Quebec’s place in the case of the Canadian federation. Building on a vast array of up to date research, the authors, themselves a team that reflects the bilingual, bicultural character of Montreal, explore the twists and turns of Montreal’s ever-changing identity.

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