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  • Author: Bérubé, Bernard (Barney) Arthur

Date: 1986

Thesis Type: Ph. D., Education

Institution: University of Maine

Language: en

Find in a Library: 16643811

From the introduction: "The extent to which cultural diversity in Maine schools is enhanced by appropriate educational programs for Franco-Americans is the focus of this research effort."..."A study of culture-related attitudes of citizens..."..."An…

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  • Author: Bernard, Laureat Odilon

Date: 1949

Thesis Type: M.A., History and Government

Institution: University of Maine

Language: en

Find in a Library: 49798931

Government and politics in the industrial city of Lewiston, Maine, in the midst of the Great Depression.

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  • Author: Charbonneau, Hubert
  • Author: Desjardins, Bertrand
  • Author: Guillemette, André
  • Author: Landry, Yves
  • Author: Légaré, Jacques
  • Author: Nault, Francois

Date: 1993

Language:

Find in a Library: 27108728

From University of Delaware Press: "This book is the culmination of an enormous project aimed at the identification of the original French migrants to Québec and their descendants in the form of a computerized population register."

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  • Author: Beavin, Daniel
  • Author: Blachly, Alice
  • Author: Hathaway, Richard
  • Author: Sacher, Andrew

Date: 1979

Language:

Find in a Library: 5243727

A descriptive bibliography of sources related to the history, politics, and peoples of Barre, Vermont. Divided into the following categories: Historical Sources, Politics and Business, Social Life and Organizations, Poets and Writers, Ethnic Sources,…

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  • Author: Weisman, Adam Paul

Date: 1995-fall

Publication: The Massachusetts Review

Volume: 36

Language: en

Find in a Library: 482967897

From the author:"This thesis introduces the concept of imaginative colonization in postcolonial literary and cultural studies, which has a particular relevance to the literatures of North America. It argues that the postcolonial experiences of the…

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  • Author: Wade, Mason

Date: 1950-07

Publication: The Catholic Historical Review

Volume: 36

Language: en

Find in a Library: 482507805

The role of the Roman Catholic parish in the development and preservation of French-Canadian immigrant communities in New England. From the author: "...this discussion of the religious aspects of [French-Canadian] immigration will be centered upon…

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  • Author: VIcero, Ralph

Date: 1971

Publication: Recherches sociographiques

Volume: 12

Language:

Find in a Library: 12180837

Un essai qui examine le matériel historique et scolaire qui est disponible sur les canadiens français qui ont voyagé aux Etats-Unis avant 1900. Le deuxieme partie, "Le recensement," est une examination d'un de ceux matériels specifiques…

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  • Author: Vanderbeck, Robert M.

Date: 2006

Publication: Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volume: 96

Language:

Find in a Library: 441291955

From the author: "The U.S. state of Vermont is often portrayed as a place where 'race' is of little significance, yet notions of whiteness are central to how the state has been represented and represents itself. A critical analysis of historical and…

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  • Author: Takai, Yukari

Date: 2010

Publication: The Canadian Historical Review

Volume: 91

Language: en

Find in a Library: 636583583

Review of two 2008 history texts on French America: "Franco-Amérique," by Dean Louder and Eric Waddell, and "Loyal but French: The Negotiation of Identity by French-Canadian Descendants in the United States," by Mark Paul Richard.

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  • Author: Scherzer, Kenneth A.

Date: 1989 February

Publication: Urban Studies

Volume: 26

Language:

Find in a Library: 360758768

Brief essay on the Depression-era local economics of the highly industrialized and densely populated Massachusetts town of Fall River. Governmental maneuverings and business restructuring in response to the great 1930s economic downturn.

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  • Author: Sarkonak, Ralph

Date: 1983

Publication: Yale French Studies

Volume: 65

Language: en

Find in a Library: 482388574

A timeline of important political and cultural events in the history of French Canada and Québec up to 1982, introduced with a short reflection by the author.

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  • Author: Sarkonak, Ralph

Date: 1983

Publication: Yale French Studies

Language:

Find in a Library: 1770272

A preface to this issue of Yale French Studies that focuses upon the idea of "writing in Québec(ois)." Sarkonak traces the North American transition from français, to Canayen, to French Canadian, to québécois, and asks how language and…

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  • Author: Richard, Mark Paul

Date: 2009-06

Publication: The New England Quarterly

Volume: 82

Language: en

Find in a Library: 362581627

From MIT Press Journals: "During the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan expanded to the northeastern United States, where it confronted Franco-American Catholics throughout Maine. In response, this ethnic population modeled an appropriate resistance to the…

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  • Author: Richard, Mark Paul

Date: 1998

Publication: Histoire sociale/Social History

Volume: 61

Language: en

Find in a Library: 207204381

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From the author: "While many studies have focused on the migration, settlement, and community formation of French-Canadian immigrants in the United States, we know little about the history of their Franco-American descendants in the twentieth…

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  • Author: Ramirez, Bruno

Date: 1992 September

Publication: Journal of American History

Volume: 79

Language: en

Find in a Library: 483420594

Brief essay on the discipline of United States history in Canada, the influence of American perspectives on Canadian historiography of the US, and how attitudes toward cross-boundary historiography change over time. Ramirez takes a semi-biographical…

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  • Author: Paquet, Gilles

Date: 1964

Publication: Recherches sociographiques

Volume: 5

Language:

Find in a Library: 61571987, 797018918

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Du texte: "Combien de Canadiens français ont émigré vers la Nouvelle-Angleterre? À quel moment et suivant quel rythme? Voilà la question de départ. Nous n'avons pas l'illusion d'apporter une réponse définitive à cette…

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  • Author: LeBlanc, Robert G.

Date: 1985-fall

Publication: American Review of Canadian Studies

Volume: 15

Language: en

Find in a Library: 60621291

From the author:" 'Les Canadiens Français de la Nouvelle-Angleterre' (1891) by the French Jesuit Edouard Hamon is representative of Quebec imperialist thought. Hamon envisioned a peaceful conquest of New England by a surplus French-Canadian…

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  • Author: Louder, Dean R.
  • Author: Morissonneau, Christian
  • Author: Waddell, Eric

Date: 1983

Publication: Journal of Cultural Geography

Volume: 4

Language: en

Find in a Library: 43321549

From the authors: "Contrary to the commonly held belief that following the British conquest, French Canadian society limited itself to a clearly defined geopolitical realm conceived as a stronghold into which a defeated people withdrew to build its…

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  • Author: LeMay, Joseph A.

Date: 1980 Spring

Publication: American Review of Canadian Studies

Volume: 10

Language: en

Find in a Library: 60621291

Essay on hydroelectricity as an international commerce platform, with a specific focus on the relationship between Québec and New York state - the former selling hydroelectric power to the latter. The author considers the environmental and…

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  • Author: Lamy, Paul

Date: 1976 Autumn

Publication: American Review of Canadian Studies

Volume: 6

Language: en

Find in a Library: 60621291

Discussion on Canadian government service "language planning" in light of its official bilingual status. Particular attention is paid to the percentage of federal employee positions that, before unilingual, are now slated and anticipated to be held…

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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: 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: 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: Gill, Robert M.

Date: 1978 Autumn

Publication: American Review of Canadian Studies

Volume: 8

Language:

Find in a Library: 60621291

Gill explores French Canadian societies through the lens of its literatures, particularly those coming from Quebec. He introduces his efforts with a brief illustration of the rise and fall of New France, where he claims that French Canadians have…

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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: Gauvin, Lise
  • Author: Henderson, Emma (translator)

Date: 1983

Publication: Yale French Studies

Language:

Find in a Library: 482387950

An exploration of the debates within the Québec literary community regarding the function of literature as a language tool. A discussion about joual and the French language in Québec from the 1960s onward.

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  • Author: Doty, C. Stewart

Date: 2000 Spring

Publication: American Review of Canadian Studies

Volume: 30

Language: en

Find in a Library: 197430696

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Suggestions of potential topics for future research on Franco Americans. Includes literature, journalism, politics, textile labor history, religious history, and more. From the author: "Focuses on the history and literature of French Americans of the…

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