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  • Author: Kerouac, Jack

Date: 1963

Language: English

Find in a Library: 5887038

Auto/biographical novel about Gerard - Jack Kerouac's older brother - whose personality, illness, and death at a young age shaped the early part of Jack's life. An early piece of the "Duluoz Legend."

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  • Author: Kerouac, Jack

Date: 1960

Language: English

Find in a Library: 24871127

Originally published in 1960, "Tristessa" is a short novel that reflects on Jack's life in Mexico City and the people around him - particularly the woman of his admiration, the novel's title character. This is another later installment of the…

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  • Author: Kerouac, Jack

Date: 1966

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Find in a Library: 401934

In perhaps the culminating text of Kerouac's "Duluoz Legend," Jack goes to France to dig up the roots and bloodlines beneath his family name and cultural identity. From the 1985 edition: "'Satori in Paris' is a rollicking autobiographical account of…

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  • Author: Péloquin-Faré, Louise

Date: 1981

Thesis Type: D.M.L.

Institution: Middlebury College

Language: fr

Find in a Library: 17760529

From the author: "In the first part of the dissertation, we analyze the institutions which traditionally favored bilingualism: the family, the parochial school, the Catholic parish, the social environment, the media and other organisms such as mutual…

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  • Author: Therriault, Mary-Carmel

Date: 1945

Thesis Type: Ph. D., Littérature française

Institution: Université Laval

Language: fr

Find in a Library: 77409396

Un oeuvre qui explore le phénomène de la littérature langue française écrit et lit dans la Nouvelle-Angleterre, jusqu'à 1945. Réédité en 1946 par Fides, les Publications de l'Université…

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  • Author: Theriault, George F.

Date: 1951

Thesis Type: Ph. D., Sociology

Institution: Harvard University

Language: en

Find in a Library: 77000216

Find Online: OL6321010W

A dissertation in sociology on the Franco Americans of Nashua, New Hampshire, previous to 1950, their community culture, and the implications of American assimilation on their social, linguistic, and religious norms.

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  • Author: Spinner, Jeffrey Alan

Date: 1992

Thesis Type: Ph. D., Political Science

Institution: University of Michigan

Language: en

Find in a Library: 30073134

From the author: "Liberals usually argue that cultural identity can flourish in the private sphere but should not matter in public. This argument is blind to the way liberal institutions affect cultural identity, the prejudices that members of some…

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  • Author: Sorrell, Richard Sherman

Date: 1975

Thesis Type: Ph. D., History

Institution: State University of New York at Buffalo

Language: en

Find in a Library: 3129396

Definitive text on the background and maneuverings of the Sentinelle Affair in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. How the relationship between Catholic Church leaders and lay Franco Americans in Woonsocket was tempered by the empassioning pull of 'la…

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  • Author: Silvia, Philip Thomas, Jr.

Date: 1973

Thesis Type: Ph. D., History

Institution: Fordham University

Language: en

Find in a Library: 5661072

The place of Fall River, Massachusetts, in the United States' 19th-century industrial boom, its ensuing period of immigration and cultural diversification, and the birth of the American middle class. A massive and in-depth dissertation that pays…

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  • Author: Schulz, Julia

Date: 1985

Thesis Type: M.A., Anthropology

Institution: McGill University

Language: en; fr

Find in a Library: 61546426

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From Schulz: "French-Canadian immigrants to New England, unlike other ethnic groups in the United States, did not show signs of assimilation into American society until the 1950's. This thesis examines the history of one French-Canadian community -…

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  • Author: Richard, Mark Paul

Date: 2001

Thesis Type: Ph. D., History

Institution: Duke University

Language: en

Find in a Library: 48260966

Dissertation from the author of "Loyal but French: The Negotiation of Identity by French-Canadian Descendants in the United States." From the author: "Using Lewiston, Maine, as a community study, this dissertation examines how individuals of…

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  • Author: Leloup, Laurent

Date: 1994

Thesis Type: M.A., Géographie

Institution: University of Maine

Language: fr

Find in a Library: Inconnu/Unknown

De l'introduction de cet étudiant de France: "Afin d'approcher le sujet, trois méthodes ont été employées. La lecture de documents écrits retracent l'immigration et l'installation de canadiens français dans le Maine. Afin de…

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  • Author: Lees, Cynthia C

Date: 2006

Thesis Type: Ph. D., Romance Languages and Literatures

Institution: University of Florida

Language: en; fr

Find in a Library: 658213798

From Lees: "This dissertation examines nine texts written by Franco-American novelists of New England. Themes of migrancy, exile, and cultural survival (la survivance) ground my study. I explore the negotiations of cultural, social, political,…

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  • Author: Larkin, Sr. Mary Teresita

Date: 1934

Thesis Type: M.S., Education

Institution: University of Maine at Orono

Language: en

Find in a Library: 50168005

Historical look at Catholic Education in Maine from the time of the first French explorers and missionaries in the Americas to the author's present - before World War II. Covers elementary though college educations, from the northern tip of the state…

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  • Author: Allen, James Paul

Date: 1970

Thesis Type: Ph. D.

Institution: Syracuse University

Language: en

Find in a Library: 5962074

Dissertation on areal patterns and geographic trends espoused by Roman Catholics in the state of Maine, with a focus on population distribution and respective voting patterns.

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  • Author: Kanzler, Eileen McAuliffe

Date: 1982

Thesis Type: D. A.

Institution: Illinois State University

Language: en

Find in a Library: 13624046

Find Online: OL12362366W

From Kanzler: "The Black History movement of the 1960s, the White Ethnic awareness of the 1970s and current developments in the Hispanic and Asian communities throughout the United States emphasize the significance of ethnicity as a major factor in…

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  • Author: Hample, Henry S.

Date: 1998

Thesis Type: M.A., Music

Institution: Brown University

Language: en; fr

Find in a Library: 41133988

Ethnographic study of Franco American folk music and performance in Rhode Island.

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  • Author: Guignard, Michael James

Date: 1977

Thesis Type: Ph. D., History

Institution: Syracuse University

Language: en

Find in a Library: 4392005

An exploration of the characteristics of cultural survival within the Franco American community in the town of Biddeford, Maine in the 20th century. From the introduction: "In this study I will 1) analyze the fundamental nature of the experiment in…

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  • Author: Shea, Louise Gravel

Date: 1999

Thesis Type: M.A., Geography

Language: fr

Find in a Library: 277833186

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De l'auteur: "Le territoire d'étude de ce mémoire est situé dans le comté du Madawaska, au nord-ouest du Nouveau-Brunswick et dans la partie nord du comte d'Aroostook Maine, c'est-à-dire dans la vallée supérieure de la rivière…

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  • Author: Fliss, Susan

Date: 2007

Thesis Type: Ph. D., History

Institution: University of Maine

Language: en

Find in a Library: 222290783

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From Fliss: "Motivated to ensure 'la survivance,' the survival of their religion, language, and culture, French-Canadian immigrants established an extensive private Catholic education system ranging from parish elementary and high schools to boarding…

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  • Author: Finefrock, Kevin

Date: 2007

Thesis Type: B.A., History, Honors

Institution: Connecticut College

Language: en

Find in a Library: 278099025

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From the author: "In this thesis, I examine how the processes of racialization, immigration, and industrialization caused the emergence of two divergent definitions of ethnic identity in the French‐Canadian community of Québec and the…

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  • Author: Fecteau, Albert

Date: 1952

Thesis Type: M.A., History

Institution: University of Maine at Orono

Language: en

Find in a Library: 6965308

From the text: "While there have been a number of books and articles on the French Canadians in New England, very little has been written about the French Canadians in Maine. This thesis presents a study of a typical Maine French Canadian community,…

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  • Author: Fahey, Christine

Date: 1974

Thesis Type: B.A., History, Honors

Institution: Kenyon College

Language: en

Find in a Library: 17787221

Printed in 1987, Fahey's 1974 undergraduate thesis focuses on the history of Franco Americans in Manchester, New Hampshire, their development as a distinctly knit ethnic community, and the eventual softening of the heritage-centered communal bonds…

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  • Author: Early, Frances H.

Date: 1979

Thesis Type: Ph. D., History

Institution: Concordia University

Language: en

Find in a Library: 9903408

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Ph. D. thesis on nineteenth-century immigration and the early development of the French-Canadian community of Lowell, Massachusetts - a significant city in post-bellum, industrial northeastern America.

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  • Author: Desjardins, Lise A.

Date: 1995

Thesis Type: M.S., Nursing

Institution: University of Maine at Orono

Language: en

Find in a Library: 34127818

From the author: "The purpose of this thesis was to explore and describe the health and illness beliefs of a Franco-American community in Northern Maine. A major assumption of this study was that culture impacts all aspects of life and therefore…

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  • Author: Creveling, Harold Franklin

Date: 1951

Thesis Type: Ph. D.

Institution: Clark University

Language: en

Find in a Library: 31005518

Local geographic landscapes and social conditions of various ethnic groups in Worcester, Massachusetts. Author's 1955 article in the journal Economic Geography, "Mapping Cultural Groups in an American Industrial City," is based on the research…

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  • Author: Chevalier, Sister Florence Marie, S.S.A.

Date: 1972

Thesis Type: Ph. D., Sociology

Institution: Catholic University of America

Language: en

Find in a Library: 11037919

Dissertation on the histories of Franco American national societies and fraternal organizations in New England. Their significance to French Canadian and Franco American communities there from 1860 to 1960. How these organizations were involved in…

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  • Author: Callnan, Miriam Therese

Date: 1974

Thesis Type: M.A., History

Institution: University of Maine at Orono

Language: en

Find in a Library: 3488495

Biographical history of a northern Maine Roman Catholic priest, Rev. Joseph S. Marcoux. Fr. Marcoux was the first pastor at St. Joseph's Parish in the town of Wallagrass, Maine, in Aroostook County.

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  • Author: Brown, Michael Serizawa

Date: 1992

Thesis Type: M.A., History

Institution: University of Maine at Orono

Language: en

Find in a Library: 27201223

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From the author: "In 1970 a group of Franco-Americans at the University of Maine, Orono, began meeting to discuss the creation of a new Franco-American ethnic identity. By the end of 1972, the succeeded in establishing a formal Franco-American…

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  • Author: Blazon, Gerard

Date: 1974

Thesis Type: M.A.

Institution: University of New Hampshire

Language: en

Find in a Library: 53773481

Master's thesis on the French Canadian immigrants to the towns of Suncook, Pembroke, and Allentown, New Hampshire at the turn of the century. Emphasis on community and social life.

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