This book, first published as Quand la nation debordait les frontieres (Hurtubise HMH, 2004), is considered the most comprehensive analysis of Lionel Groulx's work and vision as an intellectual leader of a nationalist school that extended well beyond the borders of Quebec.

Recipient of the 2005 Governor General's Literary Award in non-fiction, the original French edition also won the Michel-Brunet Award (Institut d'histoire de l'Amerique francaise), the Prix Champlain (Conseil de la vie francaise en Amerique), and a medal awarded by the Quebec National Assembly. It was also...