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  • Author: Brault, Gerard J.

Date: 1986

Language: en

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Comprehensive history of French Canadians and Franco Americans in New England, with an emphasis on the early 20th century. Introduced with a summary of early North American exploration and colonization. Spans in specific an historical period that…

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  • Author: Courville, Serge

Date: 2002

Language: fr

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D'Editions MultiMonde: "L’un des traits marquants du XIXe siècle a été le grand brassage de population qui a déversé sur les mers du globe des dizaines de millions d’immigrants. Jamais, depuis la fin de l’empire…

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  • Author: Wade, Mason

Date: 1946

Language: en

Find in a Library: 512297

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Historical survey of French Canada and its people from the 16th century to the end of World War II. Wade illustrates political and military history, emphasizing the conflicts within a singular French-and-British Canada and ending his text, in the…

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  • Author: Green, Nancy L. (editor)
  • Author: Weil, François (editor)

Date: 2007

Language: en (translation)

Find in a Library: 69734523

English translation of "Citoyenneté et émigration: Les politiques du départ" (Éditions de l'École des hautes études en Sciences sociales, 2006). Collection of essays on migration, expatriation, and the perpetuation of…

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  • Author: Hornsby, Stephen (editor)
  • Author: Reid, John G.

Date: 2005

Language: English

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Collection of essays by various scholars on New England, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island - critical geographies to what has emerged in historical studies in recent decades as the field of North American "borderland studies."…

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  • Author: Breton, Raymond (editor)
  • Author: Savard, Pierre (editor)

Date: 1982

Language: English

Find in a Library: 36283800

A conference publication consisting of a collection of essays on the titled topic. Contains the following written pieces by their respective authors: "The Acadians: a People in Search of a Country" by Jean Daigle, "Emigration and Colonization: Twin…

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  • Author: Bystydzienski, Jill M.

Date: 1985

Publication: American Review of Canadian Studies

Volume: 15

Language: en

Find in a Library: 60621291, 3364885, 31186541

A comparison of the historical situations and social positions of French Canadian and African American women. An examination of their family and community roles, cultural stereotypes, and social and politicals achievement levels. Situates the origins…

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  • Author: Hero, Alfred Olivier, Jr.

Date: 2002-spr/sum

Publication: Québec Studies

Volume: 33

Language: en

Find in a Library: 60628349

Changing face of the francophone presence in Louisiana - from French colonial rule beginning in the 17h century, to the Acadian migrations of the 18th century, through Spanish and eventual American rule, and meshed into the assimilative forces of…

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  • Author: Eno, Arthur L. Jr.

Date: 1976

Language: en

Find in a Library: 2942452

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A collection of 14 essays on the history of Chelmsford and Lowell, Massachusetts, from pre-incorporation to industrialization, into the middle 20th century. As the title suggests, an emphasis on the prevalence of mill work and immigrants cultures…

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  • Author: Melvin, Charlotte Maxine Lenentine

Date: 1955

Thesis Type: M.A., History

Institution: University of New Brunswick

Language: en

Find in a Library: 433902080

History of the Madawaska border region of the Upper Saint John River Valley as a meeting point of New Brunswick and the state of Maine. Madawaska as an area of political negotiation, a borderland infused with geographic and political meaning in the…

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  • Author: Pearson, Timothy G.

Date: 2008

Thesis Type: Ph. D., History

Institution: McGill University

Language: en

Find in a Library: 316104083, 286063547

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From the author: "In this dissertation, I analyze how local religious figures became holy and the social functions they played, in order to better understand the connections between religion and colonialism and the shaping of faith communities over…

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  • Author: Gosselin, Henri

Date: 2001

Language: English

Find in a Library: 47671730

Fictional account of a French missionary to the Huron people in colonial New France on the eastern half of modern-day Canada. From the back of the text: "A historical novel based on the true story of Eustache Lambert's heroic service as a devoted…

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  • Author: Genest, Eloise

Date: 2001

Language: English

Find in a Library: 49396582

A 21st-century novel about Louisiana's colonial period, and the demise of French power on the North American continent before the end of the 1700s.. From Amazon.com: " It is the period of the Enlightenment in France and Europe, and early French…

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  • Author: Field, Rachel

Date: 1931

Language: English

Find in a Library: 4411669

Young adult novel about a French girl orphaned upon her arrival in America. Follows her through the loss of her family, her adaptations to servitude, and her coming-of-age in the New World. Winner of a Newbery Honor Award for youth literature in…

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  • Author: Beresford, Bruce (director)

Date: 1991 September

Language: English, Latin, Cree, Mohawk, Algonquin

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From the Canadian Film Encyclopedia: "Black Robe is a bleak but majestic film about the diverse cultures of the French settlers and the Algonquin people, and the clashes between them....The hostile wilderness of 17th-century New France is the setting…

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  • Author: New York Times

Date: 1893 November 10

Publication: New York Times

Language: English

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1893 obituary of historian of French in North America, Francis Parkman. Wrote, among other books, "Pioneers of France in the New World" (1871).

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  • Author: New York Times

Date: 1903 November 7

Publication: New York Times

Language: English

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1903 book review of Sir Gilbert Barker's history text, "Old Quebec: The Fortunes of New France" (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1903).

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  • Author: Vermont Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights

Date: 1983

Language: English

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From the members of the Vermont Advisory Committee: "The report presents an historic overview of the French-Canadian presence in Vermont over the past 300 years, a discussion of the size of the State's Franco-American population, and the different…

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  • Author: Martin, André (editor)

Date: 1980

Volume: 2 of 8

Language: en; fr

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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…

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  • Author: Giguère, Madeleine (editor)

Date: 1981

Volume: 3 of 8

Language: en

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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…

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  • Author: Giguère, Madeleine (editor)

Date: 1981

Volume: 4 of 8

Language: en

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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…

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  • Author: Allain, Mathé (editor)
  • Author: Brasseaux, Carl A. (editor)

Date: 1981

Volume: 5 of 8

Language: en; fr

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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…

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  • Author: Allain, Mathé (editor)
  • Author: Brasseaux, Carl A. (editor)

Date: 1981

Volume: 6 of 8

Language: en

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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…

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  • Author: Albert, Renaud S. (editor)

Date: 1979

Volume: 1 of 8

Language: en

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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…

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  • Author: Casanova, Jacques Donat

Date: 1975

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 299654602

Un exploration québécois des contributions historiques des gens français et canadiens-français à la vie quotidienne et la culture des Etats-Unis. Du texte: "Quand on parle de l'apport français à l'histoire des États-Unis, on…

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  • Author: Coulet du Gard, René
  • Author: Coulet du Gard, Dominique

Date: 1974

Language: en

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Geography and etymology of places in the United States with names of French origin. Mostly concerned with California, Louisiana, and the U.S. Midwest.

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  • Author: Kellogg, Louise Phelps

Date: 1925

Volume: 1

Language: English

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Reprinted in 2007 by Heritage Books. A history of the French in North America - particularly what would become the US Midwest - from colonization to the middle 18th century. Contains semi-biographical pieces on explorers from that period. Focuses…

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  • Author: Benoit, Josaphat

Date: 1935

Language: fr

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Un livre majeur d'un défenseur très passionné de la survivance franco-américaine, et d'un maire ancien de Manchester, New Hamshire. L'auteur de "Catéchisme d'Histoire Franco-Américaine" et "Rois ou Esclaves de la Machine." De…

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  • Author: Calvert, Mary R.

Date: 1991

Language: en

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Historical piece on early French Jesuits missionizing to Abenaki in Maine's Kennebec River Valley in the 17th century.

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  • Author: Choquette, Leslie

Date: 1997

Language: English

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History text on the later migrations of the French to Atlantic Canada, written by the Director of the French Institute at Assumption College in Worcester, Massachusetts. From Harvard University Press: "In unprecedented detail, Leslie Choquette…

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