"Few political parties have been less understood outside their own region than Duplessis Union Nationale, and Mr. Quinns carefully documented study, on which he has been working for considerable time, must be considered one of the most important Canadian books of recent years. It is a frank and revealing examination of the rise and fall of a political machine which could almost certainly not have developed in any other province."- Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

"Quinns... is one of those rare case studies which not only provides insight into a unique situation but also accomplishes in pointed fashion what such a method often promises but seldon produces: the generation of more inclusive propositions that invite empirical validation by other comparative efforts... This is a lucid, cogent treatment of the pattern Quebec politics in recept years and a welcome addition to the literature on political parties and ethnic minorities in modern society."- American Sociological Review