Chodos and Hamovitch weave a blend of anecdote, quotation, and scholarship to provide an incisive historical account of the interaction between French Canada and the political economy of the United States.

Robert Chodos is the editor of "Compass" magazine, and a contributing editor to "This Magazine." He has written and translated several books on Canadian business and politics.
Eric Hamovitch is a Montreal-based journalist who writes regularly on Quebec politics for "This Magazine," and is a co-author of two books on the Mulroney government.