Frog Town
Title | Frog Town PDF eBook |
Author | Laurence Armand French |
Publisher | University Press of America |
Pages | 296 |
Release | 2014-07-08 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0761863842 |
Frog Towndescribes in detail a French Canadian parish that was unique due to the high density of both Acadian and Quebecois settlers that were situated in a Yankee stronghold of Puritan stock. This demography provided for a volatile history that accentuated the inter-ethnic/sectarian conflicts of the time. In this book, Laurence Armand French discusses the work, language, and social activities of the working-class French Canadians during the changing times that transformed them from French Canadians to Franco Americans. French also articulates the current double-standard of justice within New Hampshire with details of actual cases, presented alongside their circumstances and judicial outcomes, to offer a thorough depiction of the community of Frog Town.
French Canadians in Massachusetts Politics, 1885-1915
Title | French Canadians in Massachusetts Politics, 1885-1915 PDF eBook |
Author | Ronald Arthur Petrin |
Publisher | Balch Institute Press |
Pages | 244 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780944190074 |
Emigrating from Quebec to New England in large numbers after the Civil War, French Canadians became by 1900 the largest non-English-speaking ethnic group in Massachusetts. This study reevaluates the political behavior of French Canadians in Massachusetts from 1885 to 1915 and analyzes the complex relationship between ethnicity and politics.
A Distinct Alien Race
Title | A Distinct Alien Race PDF eBook |
Author | David Vermette |
Publisher | |
Pages | 388 |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781771861694 |
The French-Canadian Heritage in New England
Title | The French-Canadian Heritage in New England PDF eBook |
Author | Gerard J. Brault |
Publisher | UPNE |
Pages | 324 |
Release | 1986 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780874513592 |
"In this book, Gerard J. Brault offers an introduction to Franco- American culture, covering the group's history, ideology, language, and literature; architecture, art, folklore, and music; demography, education, politics, religion, and sociology. " Back cover of book.
The Franco-Americans of New England
Title | The Franco-Americans of New England PDF eBook |
Author | Yves Roby |
Publisher | Les éditions du Septentrion |
Pages | 572 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9782894483916 |
Between 1840 and 1930, approximately 900,000 people left Quebec for the United States and settled in French-Canadian colonies in New England's industrial cities. Yves Roby draws from first-person accounts to explore the conversion of these immigrants and their descendants from French-Canadian to Franco-American. The first generation of immigrants saw themselves as French Canadians who had relocated to the United States. They were not involved with American society and instead sought to recreate their lost homeland. The Franco-Americans of New England reveals that their children, however, did not see a need to create a distinct society. Although they maintained aspects of their language, religion, and customs, they felt no loyalty to Canada and identified themselves as Franco-American. Roby's analysis raises insightful questions about not only Franco-Americans but also the integration of ethno-cultural groups into Canadian society and the future of North American Francophonies.
Immigrant Odyssey
Title | Immigrant Odyssey PDF eBook |
Author | Félix Albert |
Publisher | Orono, Me. : University of Maine Press |
Pages | 202 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN |
Felix Albert was born in rural Québec in 1843. In 1881, after his farm and other business ventures had failed, Felix and his family joined the migration of thousands of other Québecois streaming into New England's industrial cities. The Alberts settled in Lowell, Massachusetts where the whole fsamily was able to find work in the textile mills. Although Felix was illiterate, he dictated his life's story to a parish priest and his story was published in French in 1909. The story recounted an experience which was re-enacted numerous times during the nineteenth century as an estimated 300,000 French-Canadians migrated to New England looking for better jobs.
The Shadows of the Trees
Title | The Shadows of the Trees PDF eBook |
Author | Jacques Ducharme |
Publisher | New York : Harper |
Pages | 280 |
Release | 1943 |
Genre | Canadians, French-speaking New England |
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