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- Author: Dawley, Alan
Date: 1981 Autumn - 1982 Spring
Publication: Labour/Le Travail
Volume: 8/9
Language: en
Find in a Library: 181819835
Essay on the divisions of power and labor in industrialized American economies - more specifically, mill towns - as transformations of earlier forms of authority in America. Uses the thought-work of Marx, Durkheim, and Weber, as well as the social…
- Author: Banks, Ann
Date: 1980 (1991)
Language: en
Find in a Library: 6448346
Find Online: OL7452912M
Edited and annotated compilation of oral histories from the Federal Writers' Project of the 1930s Works Progress/Projects Administration (WPA) in the United States. These selections come mostly in the form of short passages that aspiring writers…
- Author: Manseau, Peter
Date: 2005
Language: English
Find in a Library: 60373489
The biography of a Catholic nun and a Catholic priest in Boston, Massachusetts - their work and their faith, their marriage and their family - written by their son. Moves through the author's youth and his own unique relationship with faith and…
- Author: Gosselin, Henri
Date: 1998
Language: English (traduction en français disponible)
Find in a Library: 42249878
Historical fiction piece about a French Canadian spy participating in the American Revolution and risking, from the threats of his Canadian bishop, excommunication from the Catholic Church. Based on actual events.
- Author: Gelineau, Christine (editor)
- Author: Bedell, Jack (editor)
Date: 2007
Language: English
Find in a Library: 183201916
A collection of poetry and essays written by and for Franco America. Varying artistic and literary expressions from writers who share - at least to some degree - in a similar cultural reality. From the editor's website: "This anthology began with an…
- Author: Cather, Willa
Date: 1927
Language: English
Find in a Library: 346243
The famed Middle-American author of "O Pioneers!" writes a novel about French Catholic priests on a mission to New Mexico in the middle of the nineteenth century. Cather writes out Mexican custom and Roman faith as they merge in the desert at the…
- Author: Jepson, Brenda N. (director)
Date: 2006 (?)
Language: English
Find in a Library: 71009361
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From Crown of Maine Productions: "'The Story of the Acadians' is a tale of discovery, tragedy and determination – of a peace loving people who never give up. Learn how the first French settlers brought with them pre-fabricated homes from…
- Author: Rosenblum, Nina
Date: 1984
Language: English
Find in a Library: 36332787
Documentary film about twentieth-century photographer and historian Lewis Hine, most famous for exposing poor working conditions and child labor in industrial America. Hine, as seen in this film, was also the photographer commissioned to capture on…
- Author: BeÌlanger, Damien-Claude
Date: 2011
Language: en
Find in a Library: 466659872
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From University of Toronto Press: "As a country with enormous economic, military, and cultural power, the United States can seem an overwhelming neighbour - one that demands consideration by politicians, thinkers, and cultural figures. Prejudice and…
- Author: Richard, Mark Paul
Date: 2010-12-00
Publication: American Review of Canadian Studies
Volume: 40
Language: en
Find in a Library: 690210682
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From the author: "This article examines a little-known dimension to the Ku Klux Klan movement in the United States during the 1920s. As Anglo-Canadian Protestants supported the KKK to assert control over French-Canadian and other Catholics in the New…
- Author: Crean, Susan M.
- Author: Rioux, Marcel
Date: 1983
Language: en
Find in a Library: 10800674
Find Online: OL2881627M
Book-length essay by two Canadian scholars on altering and asserting the political, social, and economic strengths of Canada and Quebec, respectively, amidst "American Pre-eminence" in the late 20th century. Suggestions on efforts to reshape Canadian…
- Author: Lafleur, Normand
Date: 1981
Language: fr
Find in a Library: 10019101
Find Online: OL3071754M
Lafleur prends la phrase "les Chinois de l'Est" d'une description pejorative de la franco-ameÌricanie et l'utilise aÌ€ illustrer la vie et l'histoire franco-ameÌricaine. Le texte concerne la Nouvelle-Angleterre en totale, mais sa centre…
- Author: Greeley, Andrew M.
Date: 1971
Language: English
Find in a Library: 135350
Andrew M. Greeley, an American Catholic priest and writer, offers in "Why Can't They Be Like Us?" a preliminary investigation of white minorities in the United States. His observations are considerate of both social formations and religious movements…
- Author: Hareven, Tamara K. (editor)
- Author: Vinovskis, Maris (editor)
Date: 1978
Language: en
Find in a Library: 4004118
A collection of papers on family history and demography in the United States. Based on 1974 Williams College seminar. Coedited by the author of "Amoskeag": a study in oral history on millwork in Manchester, New Hampshire. From a review of "Family and…
- Author: Belanger, Albert A.
Date: 1922-1940
Language: fr
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Un répertoire/annuaire d'endroits et peuples (noms et biographes) franco-américains aux États-Unis. Des hommes d'affaires, religieuses, ou les autres personnes publiques ou importantes à leur communauté. Avec histoires des paroisses…
- Author: Archdeacon, Thomas J.
Date: 1983
Language: en
Find in a Library: 9131872
Find Online: OL4322670W
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A history of immigration in the United States, its national impact, and the effects of American naturalization upon immigrant ethnic identity. From the cover: "From the English settlers who founded the Jamestown colony to the recent refugees from…
- Author: Banks, James A.
Date: 1991
Language: English
Find in a Library: 22389342
Find Online: OL1861367W
From publisher's website: "Divided into five parts, 'Teaching Strategies for Ethnic Studies' emphasizes that the main goal of the multicultural curriculum should be to help students develop the ability to make reflective decisions so that they can,…
- Author: Martin, André (editor)
Date: 1980
Volume: 2 of 8
Language: en; fr
Find in a Library: 6523696
Volume 2 of an eight-part series on Franco American history and life. From ERIC: "Intended to help readers develop an appreciation of the contributions of Franco-Americans to the cultural heritage of the United States, this book, the second of six…
- Author: Giguère, Madeleine (editor)
Date: 1981
Volume: 3 of 8
Language: en
Find in a Library: 6523696
Volume 3 of an eight-part series on Franco American history and life. From ERIC: "Intended to help readers develop an appreciation of the contributions of Franco-Americans to the cultural heritage of the United States, this book, the third of six…
- Author: Giguère, Madeleine (editor)
Date: 1981
Volume: 4 of 8
Language: en
Find in a Library: 6523696
Volume 4 of an eight-part series on Franco American history and life. From ERIC: "Intended to help readers develop an appreciation of the contributions of Franco-Americans to the cultural heritage of the United States, this book, the fourth of six…
- Author: Allain, Mathé (editor)
- Author: Brasseaux, Carl A. (editor)
Date: 1981
Volume: 5 of 8
Language: en; fr
Find in a Library: 6523696
Volume 5 of a eight-part series on Franco American history and life. From ERIC: "Intended to help readers develop an appreciation of the contributions of Franco-Americans to the cultural heritage of the United States, this book, the fifth of six…
- Author: Allain, Mathé (editor)
- Author: Brasseaux, Carl A. (editor)
Date: 1981
Volume: 6 of 8
Language: en
Find in a Library: 6523696
Volume 6 of a eight-part series on Franco American history and life. From ERIC: "Intended to help readers develop an appreciation of the contributions of Franco-Americans to the cultural heritage of the United States, this book, the fourth of six…
- Author: Albert, Renaud S. (editor)
Date: 1979
Volume: 1 of 8
Language: en
Find in a Library: 6523696
Volume 1 of an eight-part series on Franco American history and life. From ERIC: "A brief narrative description of the journal article, document, or resource. Intended to help readers develop an appreciation of the contributions of Franco-Americans…