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  • 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: Archdeacon, Thomas J.

Date: 1983

Language: en

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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: 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: 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…

  • Author: Fishman, Joshua A. (editor)

Date: 1966

Language: en

Find in a Library: 338947

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Collection of essays on the linguistics of non-English-speaking immigrants to the United States. The impact of movement on language, the perpetuation of local trends, the transformation of language in transit. The variety of language loyalties in the…

  • Author: National Materials Development Center

Date: 1976

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 301749086

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Une collection de papiers d'un colloque NADC dans la Nouvelle-Angeleterre, 1976. La poèsie, des essayes sur l'ethnicité et la culture, des histoires, des pièces dramatiques, aussi que des pensées sur la langue et la futur francophone aux…

  • Author: Bodnar, John E.

Date: 1985

Language: en

Find in a Library: 11157613

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An overview of American immigration and ethnic histories from American cities of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Written by the Director of Oral History Research at the University of Indiana, Bloomington. From Indiana University…

  • Author: Drachsler, Julius

Date: 1920

Language: en

Find in a Library: 557403

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An early immigrant history of the United States with a particular emphasis on the impact of World War I, and with a heavy reliance on United States marriage statistics. Drachsler evaluates the cultural and economic impacts of foreign immigration to…

  • Author: Amaron, Rev. Calvin Elijah

Date: 1885

Language: en

Find in a Library: 8068469

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Pamphlet published by Massachusetts Protestant evangelist, Calvin Elijah Amaron, toward the assimilation of French Canadian immigrants through conversion from Catholicism. Later developed and published in book form: "Your Heritage; or, New England…

  • Author: Amaron, Rev. Calvin Elijah

Date: 1891

Language: en

Find in a Library: 3584163

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Book length essay on assimilating French Canadian immigrants to Protestant New England, and an argument for their religious conversion. An expansion of Amaron's earlier pamphlet, "The evangelization of the French Canadians of New England."

  • Author: Anderson, Elin L.

Date: 1937

Language: English

Find in a Library: 390309

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Book-length 1937 demographic study of Burlington, Vermont - as a New England hub, as an American city in itself, and as a microcosm of American democracy. This book was a product of Vermont's 1930s Eugenics Survey that studied local demographics, and…

  • Author: Beaudé, L'Abbé Henri
  • Author: d'Arles, Henri

Date: 1919

Language: fr

Find in a Library: 43582110

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De brèves descriptions de la situation de la langue française dans les écoles et les communautés - et de l'américanisation des canadiens-français - du Connecticut et de la Nouvelle-Angleterre du XIXe siecle à 1919.

  • Author: Beaudé, l'Abbé Henri

Date: 1919

Language: fr

Find in a Library: 3124441

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De brèves descriptions de la situation de la langue française dans les écoles et les communautés - et de l'américanisation des canadiens-français - du New Hampshire et de la Nouvelle-Angleterre du XIXe siecle à 1919.

  • Author: Handlin, Oscar

Date: 1966

Language: en

Find in a Library: 748259

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Sequel to Handlin's monumental text, "The Uprooted." Voices of first-generation Americans: the children of immigrants to America. In addition to pieces from Theodore Dreiser, Carl Sandburg, Louis Brandeis, and Reinhold Niebuhr, "Children" features…

  • Author: Association Canado-Américaine
  • Author: Cusson, Theodore J.
  • Author: Ouellet, Rosaire A.
  • Author: Perreault, Robert B.

Date: 1976

Publication: Le Canado-Américain

Volume: 2

Language: en, fr

Find in a Library: 2411999

USA bicentennial commemorative edition (2.2) of the official quarterly publication of l'Association Canado-Americaine, a fraternal and cultural organization based in Manchester, New Hampshire. Includes an editorial, an essay, a longer historical…

  • Author: Lamarre, Jean

Date: 2003

Language: en

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From Wayne State University Press: "'The French Canadians of Michigan' looks at the factors behind the French Canadian immigration by providing a statistical profile of the migratory movement as well as analysis of the strategies used by French…

  • Author: LaVergne, Marcel

Date: 2008 February

Language: Français and English

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A brief and general history of French Canadian immigration to New England around the turn of the century, followed by a list of Franco-American writers, their works, and a selection of excerpts.

  • 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: Tardivel, Jules Paul

Date: 1900

Language: fr

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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: Theriault, George

Date: 1980

Language: en

Find in a Library: 6486579

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A sociological study of the Franco Americans of Nashua, New Hampshire, previous to 1950. The community's culture and the implications of American assimilation for its social, linguistic, and religious norms. Originally presented as the author's…

  • 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: Cole, Donald

Date: 2002 (1963)

Language: en

Find in a Library: 475026

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A history of the city of Lawrence, Massachusetts, as a site of mass industrialization, diverse immigration, and unique dynamics of class and ethnicity around the turn of the 20th century. From UNC Press: "The violence and radicalism connected with…