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The Lost Code

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• 01 - Distribution of Land
  • Contents of a Seigneurie
  • Seigneuries: A Land Distribution System
  • The Importance of Seigneuries
  • The Rise of Seigneuries: Space
  • The Rise of Seigneuries: Time
• 02 - Life of the Settlers
  • Adapting to a New Land
  • Clearing the Land
  • Diet in France
  • Self-Sufficiency
  • The Habitant's Diet
  • The Health of Habitants
  • The Seasons of the Habitant: Fall
  • The Seasons of the Habitant: Spring
  • The Seasons of the Habitant: Summer
  • The Seasons of the Habitant: Winter
• 03 - The Seigneurial System
  • In charge of the colony
  • Louis
  • Responsible for diplomacy
  • The Censitaire
  • The head of state
  • They administered regions of the colony
• 04 - An Economic System Based on Dependency
  • Censitaire Dependency
  • Mercantilism
  • Privileges of the Censitaire
  • Privileges of the Seigneur
  • Responsibilities of the Censitaire
  • Social Classes
  • The Mother Country
  • The Seigneur's Duties
  • The Trading Colony
• 05 - A Period of Transition
  • An Economy in Transition
  • City vs. Country
  • From Habitant to Factory Worker
  • Rural Economic Crisis
• 06 - Cities and Industry
  • Capital Investments
  • Children in the City
  • City Life
  • Dying in Montréal
  • Growing Cities
  • New Living Conditions
  • Worker Dependency
  • Working in the Factory
• 07 - Countryside in Crisis
  • Difficult to Own Land
  • Obsolete Farming Methods, Poorer Farmers
  • Private Property and Self-Sufficiency
  • Speculation by Seigneurs and Businesses
  • Subdivision of Land
  • The Risk of a Poor Harvest
• 08 - Leave or Do Things Differently
  • A Major Shift in Daily Life
  • A Need for Change
  • Hardships of City Life
  • No Land, No Money
  • The Good French Canadian
  • The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same
  • The Rich and the Poor
• 09 - The Challenge of Economic Independence
  • Economic Inferiority of French Canadians
  • François Leclerc: Rags to Riches
  • Industrial Capitalism
  • Three Centuries of Dependency
• 10 - An Economic Lever to Break the Cycle of Dependency
  • Caisses Populaires
  • Cooperation
  • Difficulty Getting Credit
  • Farmers Had to Be Competitive
  • Savings
  • The French Canadian Bourgeoisie
• 11 - The Emergence of New Industries
  • Farming Loses Ground
  • Food Processing Industry
  • More People, More Food
  • Natural Resources
  • The Emergence of the Food Industry
  • Traditional Industrial Sectors
• 12 - Taking Control of the Means of Production
  • Biscuits Leclerc—A True Success Story
  • Bombardier—A True Success Story
  • Five Generations of Leclercs
  • French Canadian Businesses
  • The Road to Success
  • Vaillancourt—A True Success Story
  • Viau—A True Success Story