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  • Author: Kristofferson, Robert B.

Date: 2010

Publication: The American Historical Review

Volume: 115

Language: en

Find in a Library: 611180848

A review of Béatrice Craig's "Backwoods Consumers and Homespun Capitalists: The Rise of a Market Culture in Eastern Canada" (University of Toronto Press, 2009). The reviewer, Robert Kristofferson, is a professor at Wilfrid Laurier University.

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  • Author: Konrad, Victor A.
  • Author: Chaney, Michael

Date: 1982 September

Publication: Journal of Cultural Geography

Volume: 3

Language:

Find in a Library: 43321549

From the authors: "Virtually unique to the upper St. John Valley of Maine, the Madawaska twin barn is a large structure consisting of two parallel sections joined to form an “H.” Although the form has its origin in a restricted barn…

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  • Author: Kalijarvi, T.V.

Date: 1942-01

Publication: The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volume: 223

Language: en

Find in a Library: 479889934

Essay on general attitudes toward French Canadians and Franco Americans in the United States, and descriptions of the customs of this immigrated ethnic group in the 1940s.

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  • Author: Dexter, Robert Cloutman

Date: 1923

Thesis Type: Ph. D., Sociology

Institution: Clark University

Language: en

Find in a Library: 6634661

Early 20th-century doctoral dissertation on some scientific observations of French-Canadian immigrants to New England. Reflects certain attitudes toward stereotyped ethnic immigrants to the United States between 1830 and 1920.

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  • Author: Madore, Nelson (editor)
  • Author: Rodrigue, Barry H. (editor)
  • Author: Miller, Corinna (editor)
  • Author: Hébert, Chase (editor)
  • Author: Beaupré, Normand (French language editor)

Date: 2007

Language: en

Find in a Library: 131062883

Celebrated collection of essays, stories, poems, songs, art, and other works on the history of Franco American people and their communities in Maine. Features the following writings by their respective authors, in order of appearance: Foreword by…

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  • Author: Joy, Richard J.

Date: 1976 Autumn

Publication: American Review of Canadian Studies

Volume: 6

Language:

Find in a Library: 60621291

An explanation of 1970s Canadian census figures specifically regarding language, birth rates, and geography. From the author: "Canada is an ideal country in which to study the progress of language transfer and other factors affecting minority…

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  • Author: Jennings, Nancy E.

Date: 2000 Winter

Publication: Journal of Research in Rural Education

Volume: 16

Language:

Find in a Library: 425331644

Function and impact of Maine Learning Results educational plan in elementary schools of rural Maine. Includes a segment on Walters School in the St. John Valley, and discusses its elementary French language program as it becomes incorporated in MLR…

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  • Author: Jacobson, Phyllis L.

Date: 1984 April

Publication: The French Review

Volume: 57

Language:

Find in a Library: 481493127

Article aimed at informing teachers about students of Franco-American heritage, and recounting the particular past experiences of ethnic Francos in New England schools. Recent public efforts at bilingual and bicultural education in New England.…

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  • Author: Jackson, G.E.

Date: 1923-05

Publication: The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volume: 107

Language: en

Find in a Library: 479566418

1923 article on emigration statistics from the whole of Canada into the United States. Complete with tables and commentary. Geographic distribution of Canadians in the United States. Sites French Canadians as "less migratory," or less prone to…

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  • Author: Hull, Alexander

Date: 1966

Publication: La Linguistique

Volume: 2

Language: en

Find in a Library: 608944874

Discussion of consonantal traits characteristic of Canadian French, excluding the dialectical traits of the Acadians typically heard in Northern Maine and the Maritime Provinces in Canada. Brief references to French Creole and New England…

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  • Author: Heylen, Romy

Date: 1994 February

Publication: The French Review

Volume: 67

Language:

Find in a Library: 1238339

Article exploring the development of Cajun ethnic identity through its iterations in modern theatrical performance in Louisiana, in a period of apparent ethnic revival. How Cajun theatre and its use of the French language function in terms of shaping…

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  • Author: Hareven, Tamara K.

Date: 1985 automne

Publication: Revue d'histoire de l'Amérique française

Volume: 39

Language: fr

Find in a Library: 1764125

L'auteure de "Amoskeag," Tamara Hareven écrit un pièce sur les bourses d'études, ou un historigraphie, de la famille aux Etats-Unis. Elle la comprend cette histoire comme partie de la nouvelle histoire sociale: un mouvement académique du…

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  • Author: Hansen, Marcus L.

Date: 1929-10

Publication: The New England Quarterly

Volume: 2

Language: en

Find in a Library: 480337610

Narrative and descriptive short history of immigration to the United States between 1815 and 1914. Focuses primarily on New England, and emphasizes the presence of Irish, French Canadian, and German newcomers, the means of their arrival, and the…

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  • Author: Ham, Edward B.

Date: 1945 December

Publication: The New England Quarterly

Volume: 18

Language: en

Find in a Library: 480410679

Thoughts on political and cultural attitudes in Québec with particular reference to the war effort. Ham interrogates New England French Canadian minority culture to examine more intimately the general political thought-processes of WWII-era…

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  • Author: Ham, Edward B.

Date: 1939 June

Publication: The New England Quarterly

Volume: 12

Language: en

Find in a Library: 480378034

Article on the early-twentieth-century establishment of Franco American social organizations, and their implications for cultural heritage preservation, or the idea of "la survivance." Refers to already-established social organizations in Québec…

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  • Author: Ham, Edward B.

Date: 1938 March

Publication: The New England Quarterly

Volume: 11

Language: en

Find in a Library: 480371160

Essay on the plight of Franco cultural survivance and the efforts of Franco journalists to survive the French language in New England in the early twentieth century. Written by a Franco and bicultural sympathizer in the late 1930s. Includes brief…

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  • Author: Ham, Edward B.

Date: 1937 November

Publication: Modern Language Notes

Volume: 52

Language: en

Find in a Library: 479270094

A description of Manchester, New Hampshire's ACA library: its holdings, its scholars, and its intentions. Refers also to Woonsocket, Rhode Island's Union-St-Jean-Baptiste Library. Written by a 1930s Yale scholar.

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  • Author: Hagel, Phyllis L.

Date: 1978 April

Publication: The Modern Language Journal

Volume: 62

Language:

Find in a Library: 479328343

Essay encouraging the French language teachers in the US - primarily in the Northeast and Lousiana - to "raise their 'cultural consciousness'" of the Franco cultural heritage populations in which they potentially teach. A brief layout of accessible…

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  • Author: Gerstle, Gary

Date: 1997-09

Publication: The Journal of American History

Volume: 84

Language: en

Find in a Library: 35782298

From the author: "In this essay, I test the Crèvecoeurian myth of Americanization against the rich body of work produced by historians and other students of European immigration in the twentieth century. The myth consists of four distinct claims:…

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  • Author: Gerstle, Gary

Date: 1978 April

Publication: Radical History Review

Language: en

Find in a Library: 45456839

A period history of a Belgian and Franco-American independent textile union in the mills of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, and the impact of this sort of independent worker organization on the ethnic communities of that city. "What follows," says the…

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  • Author: Gauthier, Francois

Date: 2010-07-00

Publication: Revue des deux mondes

Language: fr

Find in a Library: 8797804

De l'auteur: "La communauté franco-américaine de Nouvelle-Angleterre, ou «communauté franco», est relativement méconnue en France. L’action qu’elle conduit pour faire reconnaître son identité au sein de la…

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  • Author: Frenette, Yves

Date: 1989

Publication: Historical Papers/Communications historiques

Volume: 24

Language: fr

Find in a Library: 28280811

Adapté d'une plus longe forme (1988). D'Erudit: "Le présent article a pour sujet la genèse d'une communauté canadienne-française en Nouvelle-Angleterre, celle de Lewiston, Maine, avant 1880. L'auteur décrit d'abord la localité…

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  • Author: Fox, Cynthia A.
  • Author: Fortin, Geneviève
  • Author: Martin, Véronique
  • Author: Stelling, Louis

Date: 2007-01

Publication: Canadian Review of American Studies

Volume: 37

Language: en; fr

Find in a Library: 365012401

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De Fox, Fortin, Martin, et Stelling: "Le terme «franco-américain » s’emploie pour désigner les immigrants canadiens arrivés au nord-est des États-Unis pendant une période s’étalant de 1840 à 1930.…

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  • Author: Fox, Cynthia A.
  • Author: Smith, Jane S.

Date: 2007-01

Publication: Glottopol: Revue de sociolinguistique en ligne

Volume: 9

Language: fr

Find in a Library: 643755913

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De Glottopol, la revue de sociolinguistique en ligne: "Jane Smith et Cynthia Fox font le point sur les analyses qu'elles ont déjà produites jusqu'ici, notamment la situation du franco-américain à l'heure actuelle, l'implantation des…

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  • Author: Fox, Cynthia A.

Date: 2007-05-00

Publication: The French Review

Volume: 80

Language: en

Find in a Library: 137573877

From the author: "This paper describes the current situation of Franco-American French. The discussion is based on interviews with 275 speakers from eight communities: Van Buren, Waterville, and Biddeford, Maine, Berlin, New Hampshire, Southbridge…

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  • Author: Fox, Cynthia A.

Date: 2006

Publication: Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics

Volume: 9

Language: en

Find in a Library: 233598733

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Du l'auteur: "Cet article présente les résultats d’une étude des formes verbales à la troisième personne du pluriel dans le français parlé à Gardner, Massachusetts. Nous commençons par un survol historique de cette…

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  • Author: Fox, Cynthia A.

Date: 1995-12

Publication: The French Review

Volume: 69

Language: en

Find in a Library: 481676277

From the author: "One third of the population of Cohoes, New York, is descended from French-Canadians who immigrated to the northeastern United States between 1840 and 1930. Since the end of immigration, the close-knit community centered on the…

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  • Author: Fox, Cynthia A.

Date: 1993

Publication: Francophonies d'Amérique

Volume: 3

Language: fr

Find in a Library: 232493413

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Un bref essai sur la persistance au vingtième siècle de la langue et la culture francophone à Cohoes, New York.

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  • Author: Ferland, Jacques

Date: 2002 Fall

Publication: Labour/Le Travail

Volume: 50

Language: en

Find in a Library: 317511047

Essay on the relevance of French Canadian immigrant workers in the United States to the history of Canadian labor. The persistence of an emigrant French Canadian national identity in the United States; convergences of ethnic and class identities.

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  • Author: Faucher, Albert

Date: 1964

Publication: Recherches sociographiques

Volume: 5

Language: fr

Find in a Library: 61571987

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Une perspective franco-canadienne sur les émigrations canadiennes aux États-Unis d'Ontario et Québec au 19eme siècle. Écrit par un professeur d'économique de l'Université Laval.

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