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- Author: Fong, Mary (editor)
- Author: Chuang, Rueyling (editor)
Date: 2004
Language: en
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Reader in ethnic studies. Critical approaches to ethnic, linguistic, cultural, and group identity in the United States, and the various ways they are manifest. Includes an essay by University of Maine scholar Kristin Langellier entitled, "'Where I…
- Author: Levasseur, Raymond Luc
Date: 2002
Language: en
Find in a Library: 55030481
Ray Luc Levasseur's statements from the 1989 criminal trial where he represented himself against accusations of racketeering. He places himself and a working-class Franco (Sanford, Maine) upbringing in the course of an American class struggle,…
- Author: Handlin, Oscar
Date: 1959
Language: en
Find in a Library: 421652
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Varied selections of scholarship, speeches, interviews, and articles that, according to the author, "attempt to illustrate the immigration contribution to American civilization and the forces which brought the movement to a close" (Handlin, intro).…
- Author: Daniels, Roger
Date: 2002
Language: en
Find in a Library: 50930977
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Comprehensive history of immigration to the United States from the 17th to the 21st century. Divided into [ ] parts: Colonial America; The Century of Immigration (1820-1924); and Modern Times.
- Author: Handlin, Oscar
Date: 1972
Language: en
Find in a Library: 389635
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American immigration history in photos by the author of the award-winning historical piece, "The Uprooted."
- Author: Cumbler, John Taylor, Jr.
Date: 1979
Language: en
Find in a Library: 4492431
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Based on the research for Cumbler's 1974 dissertation, "Continuity and Disruption," this text is a narrower (twenty years fewer), illustrated exploration of ethnicity woven through the working-class communities of Lynn and Fall River, Massachusetts.…
- Author: ChasseÌ, Paul P.
Date: 1979
Language: fr
Find in a Library: 8604972
Une collection des titres des journaux de langue française et des articles de périodiques franco-américains de la Nouvelle Angleterre. Une introduction historique de la grande variété dans la presse écrite…
- Author: Dublin, Thomas
Date: 1992
Language: en
Find in a Library: 24214090
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From the inside cover: "Lowell, Massachusetts, was America's first large-scale planned industrial community. After its establishment as a town in 1826, Lowell was celebrated for its innovative textile technology and its unique workforce of young…
- Author: Woolfson, Peter
Date: 1983
Publication: The French in Vermont: Some Current Views
Language: en
Find in a Library: 10565367
Paper on Franco American values and cultural patterns as visible in the people of Vermont. The importance of recognizing such patterns and morals for health and social service providers. Included in Occasional Paper Number Six, in a series produced…
- Author: Roberge, CeÌleste
Date: 1974
Language: en; fr
Find in a Library: 1075370
Collection of 1970s writings on Franco Americans and Franco American culture, compiled and edited by Céleste Roberge. Contains the following sections and selections: Introduction - Céleste Roberge I. Social Sciences A History of…
- Author: Turenne, Augustin
Date: 1962
Language: Français
Find in a Library: 1999775
Dictionnaire, organisé par sujet, des termes du dialecte canadienne-française, «joual». Compare les désignations en joual aux termes anglais et des synonymes français.
- Author: Violette, Maurice
Date: 1976
Language: en
Find in a Library: 2176381
A thorough history of the Franco American presence in the city of Augusta, Maine, up to the 1970s. Histories of mill, church, school, and community, from their migrant inception through sometimes celebratory, sometimes violent, persistence.…
- Author: Tardivel, Jules Paul
Date: 1900
Language: fr
Find in a Library: 6856491
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Un histoire et critique de l'église Catholique aux États-Unis, écrit en deux parties par un scolaire français au Canada. Certaines réflexions sur le développement d'un catholicisme américain. Comparaisons entre des prévisions…
- Author: Samson, Gary
Date: 2000
Language: en
Find in a Library: 46874965
Pictorial history of the communities in and around the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company's mill complex in Manchester, New Hampshire. The rise and fall of Amoskeag, in photos. A volume in the broad-ranging "Images of America" series of books. Previously…
- Author: Moran, William
Date: 2002
Language: en
Find in a Library: 49627749
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A history of New England women during industrialization, and the lifestyle differences among women of different economic classes. From Thomas Dunne Books: "This is a masterful, definitive, and eloquent look at the enormous cultural and economic…
- Author: Aubin, Albert K.
Date: 1981
Language: en
Find in a Library: 8297862
Find Online: OL11436946M
A brief selection related to French exploration in North America, French Canadian immigration to the United States, and Franco American histories in Rhode Island. A small chapbook-sized resource that includes segments dedicated to culture and the…
- Author: Parker, James Hill
Date: 1983
Language: en
Find in a Library: 9082399
Sociological essay highlighting Franco American assimilation in a case-study of Lewiston, Maine. Includes a brief history of French Canadian immigration to Lewiston coinciding with the city's birth as an industrial center. Part of the preface reads,…
- Author: Chartier, Armand
Date: 1993
Language: en
Find in a Library: 38570305
A brief history of the Franco Americans in New Bedford, Massachusetts. About half of the text is dedicated to the role of New Bedford's Catholic churches, while the remainder addresses New Bedford's community life, work, the French language, and…
- Author: Creamer, Daniel Barnett
- Author: Coulter, Charles Wellsley
Date: 1971
Language: en
Find in a Library: 241413
Reprinting of a 1939 publication funded by the Works Progress Administration. Exploration of the economic conditions in Manchester, New Hampshire, and the economic climate surrounding the mill complex of the Amoskeag Manufacturing Corporation. The…
- Author: Scontras, Charles A.
Date: 1994
Language: en
Find in a Library: 31188167
A restorative history of the birth and early life of organized labor in Maine in the middle of the nineteenth century, on the rise of the industrial period. From the preface: "The history of organized labor in Maine has been ignored by the State's…
- Author: Giamo, Benedict
Date: 2000
Language: English
Find in a Library: 42690123
From Southern Illinois University Press: "Giamo’s primary purpose is to chronicle and clarify Kerouac’s various spiritual quests through close examinations of [his] novels. Kerouac began his quest with 'On the Road,' which also is…
- Author: Van Lent, Peter C.
Date: 1988
Language: en
Find in a Library: 20845209
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A professor of folklore offers here a study of the Franco Americans in northern New York state. He explores the themes of religion, family, work, and language, and interrogates their symbols in the folklore and folk art of Malone, New York and a…