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French Canadians in Michigan

Author: DuLong, John

Date: 2001

Language: en

Find in a Library: 45830070

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Overview of the French Canadian presence in the Great Lakes Region - from the forests of the seventeenth century to the industrial landscapes of the nineteenth and twentieth. Migration waves and community developments in this region, particularly in…

The French-Canadian Heritage in New England

Author: Brault, Gerard J.

Date: 1986

Language: en

Find in a Library: 12665191

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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…

Quebec : A Historical Geography

Author: Courville, Serge

Date: 2008

Language: en

Find in a Library: 213525701

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From UBC Press: "In this richly documented work, Serge Courville tells the geographical history of Quebec, from the appearance of the first human groups through to the present day. This detailed and erudite book maps the major stages of…

Tags: Business and Economics, Demography, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Farming and Agriculture, Fishing, Forestry, France, Fur-trading, Geography, Native Americans, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Geography, QuÃ©bec, Religion, Social History, St. Lawrence River Valley

Shadows on the Rock

Author: Cather, Willa

Date: 1931

Language: English

Find in a Library: 167912

Novel set in seventeenth-century Canada - New France - maneuvering between a widower, his family and guests, and the great political figures of the time. Written by Cather out of a brief obsession with QuÃ©bec and French Canada in the early…

Tags: Death and Disaster, Family, Fiction and Literature, France, Fur-trading, Government and Politics, Literary Works -- Fiction, QuÃ©bec, Religion, Violence

Black Robe

Author: Beresford, Bruce (director)

Date: 1991 September

Language: English, Latin, Cree, Mohawk, Algonquin

Find in a Library: 228009707

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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…

Tags: Acculturation and Assimilation, Canada, Death and Disaster, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Film and Television, France, Fur-trading, Native Americans, Religion, Violence

The French in North America, 1500-1783

Author: Eccles, W.J.

Date: 1998

Language: en

Find in a Library: 39664550

Find Online: OL348461M

Previously published under the title "France in America." From Fitzhenry and Whiteside, publishers: "This vivid account of the crucial role played by the French in the Western Hemisphere chronicles the rise and fall of the French empire on the…

Making the Voyageur World: Travelers and Traders in the North American Fur Trade

Author: Podruchny, Carolyn

Date: 2006

Language: English

Find Online: 69020884

Watch/Listen: http://books.google.com/books?id=0AoqiZZZfYwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=making+the+voyageur+world&hl=en&ei=yCIiTIygI5GFnQfjlMgm&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false

Tags: Community: Customs and Social Life, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Family, Fur-trading, Geography, Great Lakes Region, Minnesota, Native Americans, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Religion, US Midwest

The French Canadians of Michigan : Their Contribution to the Development of the Saginaw Valley and the Keweenaw Peninsula, 1840-1914

Author: Lamarre, Jean

Date: 2003

Language: en

Find in a Library: 51613888

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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…

A Modern-Day Voyageur Family : Paddling the 3,000 Mile Fur Trade Canoe Route Across the U.S. and Canada

Author: Kent, Timothy J.

Date: 2009

Language: en

Find in a Library: 466744451

From the author: "When Kevin and Ben Kent were ages seven and five, their parents conceived an exciting, enriching, and educational project for the family. As a team, they began paddling the 3,000 mile length of the mainline fur trade canoe route…

Tags: Canada, Emigration and Immigration, Exploration and Colonization, Family, Fur-trading, Great Lakes Region, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Travel and Tourism, Ontario, QuÃ©bec, Travel and Movement

The Ballads of Bourbonnais

Author: Amsbary, Wallace Bruce

Date: 1904

Language: en; fr

Find in a Library: 1497192

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Folkloric ballads written in the Illinois French vernacular of the early 20th century.The introduction reads, "the ballads of Bourbonnais were written in the hope of preserving, if possible, the dialect of the Illinois French-Canadian."

Tags: Bourbonnais IL, Exploration and Colonization, Folklore, Fur-trading, Kankakee County IL, L'Arable IL, Language and Linguistics, Literary Works, Literary Works -- Poetry, Manteno IL, Momence IL, MontrÃ©al QC, Nonfiction -- French in North America, Papineau IL, Religion, St. George IL, Ste. Anne IL, Ste. Marie IL

The Rapids

Author: Provencher Faucher, Doris

Date: 2002

Language: English

Find in a Library: 65165055

A sequel to "The Virgin Forest" (2000), second novel in "Le Québécois" series. From Artenay Press: "Bastien and Marguerite's first Canadian-born descendants face trials and challenges that are quite different from those experienced by…

Tags: Canada, Emigration and Immigration, Exploration and Colonization, Family, Fiction and Literature, France, Fur-trading, Hudson Bay, Literary Works -- Fiction, Native Americans, Newfoundland, QuÃ©bec, St. Lawrence River Valley, Violence, War

Imperial Conflict

Author: Provencher Faucher, Doris

Date: 2006

Language: English

Find in a Library: 122407531

Third novel in "Le Québécois" series. From Artenay Press: "Three decades of colonial peace and prosperity follow the Treaty of Utrecht. Bastien's three succeeding generations migrate to settle south and west along the Saint Lawrence…

Tags: Acadians, Canada, Family, Fiction and Literature, France, Fur-trading, Government and Politics, Great Britain, Illinois, Literary Works -- Fiction, Louisiana, Nova Scotia, QuÃ©bec, St. Lawrence River Valley, Violence, War

Of Kings and Fools : Stories of the French Tradition in North America

Author: Olivier, Julien
Author: Parent, Michael

Date: 1996

Language: English

Find in a Library: 34776071

French folklore in North America with an explanation of popular images and themes, as well as a glossary of vernacular terms in translation. From August House Publishers: "In 'Of Kings and Fools' Julien Olivier and Michael Parent recount the stories…

Tags: Augusta ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Family, Farming and Agriculture, Folklore, Fur-trading, Language and Linguistics, Lewiston ME, Maine, Religion

La migration des Canadiens franÃ§ais vers le Michigan, 1840-1914 : leur contribution au dÃ©veloppement socioÃ©conomique de la rÃ©gion

Author: Lamarre, Jean

Date: 1996

Thesis Type: Ph. D., Histoire

Institution: UniversitÃ© de MontrÃ©al

Language: fr

Find in a Library: 46524973

Ce texte a devenu le livre "Le Canadiens franÃ§ais du Michigan" (2000), ou "The French Canadians of Michigan" (2003). Du rÃ©sumÃ©: "Cette thÃ¨se a pour objet la migration des Canadiens franÃ§ais vers le Michigan de 1840 Ã 1914. Elle…

Tags: Business and Economics, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, Fur-trading, Geography, Government and Politics, Labor History, Michigan, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Social History

Review : BÃ©atrice Craig, Backwoods Consumers and Homespun Capitalists : The Rise of a Market Culture in Eastern Canada

Author: Kristofferson, Robert B.

Date: 2010

Publication: The American Historical Review

Volume: 115

Language: en

Find in a Library: 611180848

A review of BÃ©atrice 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.

Tags: Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Business and Economics, Canada, Criticism and Review, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, Fur-trading, Labor History, New Brunswick, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, St. John River Valley

French Canada's Search for a Homeland : A Literary Perspective

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…

Tags: Acculturation and Assimilation, Canada, Criticism and Review, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Farming and Agriculture, Fiction and Literature, France, Fur-trading, Government and Politics, Literary Works -- Criticism and History, New England, QuÃ©bec, Religion, War

Michigan's Habitant Heritage

Author: French-Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan
Author: Moreau, Gail

Date: 2001 January

Publication: Journal of the French-Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan

Volume: 22

Language:

Find in a Library: 317154052

Tricentennial commemorative issue of the FCHS Journal in celebration of Michigan's habitant history. Contains pictures, copies of original written documents, brief articles, biographies, genealogies, etc.

Early French Migrations to Northern Maine, 1785-1850

Author: Craig, Beatrice

Date: 1986

Publication: Maine Historical Society Quarterly

Volume: 25

Language: en

Find in a Library: 2263768

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Essay attempting to dispel inaccuracies of the Acadian tradition in the Madawaska area, and to reckon the historical record with popular historical perceptions about that region that have developed over time by those who claim to be descendent from…

Tags: Acculturation and Assimilation, Emigration and Immigration, Family, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, Fur-trading, Grand Isle ME, Madawaska ME, New Brunswick, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Immigration, Nova Scotia, QuÃ©bec, St. David ME, St. John River Valley, St. Lawrence River Valley

Review : Backwoods Consumers and Homespun Capitalists : The Rise of a Market Culture in Eastern Canada

Author: Choquette, Leslie

Date: 2010 Spring

Publication: Business History Review

Volume: 84

Language: en

Find in a Library: 615119645

A business review of Beatrice Craig's "Backwoods Consumers and Homespun Capitalists: The Rise of a Market Culture in Eastern Canada." The reviewer, Leslie Choquette, author of "Frenchmen into Peasants: Modernity and Tradition in the Peopling of…

Tags: Acculturation and Assimilation, Aroostook County ME, Business and Economics, Canada, Criticism and Review, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, Fur-trading, Labor History, New Brunswick, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, St. John River Valley

Review : Backwoods Consumers and Homespun Capitalists : The Rise of a Market Culture in Eastern Canada

Author: Bitterman, Rusty

Date: 2010 May

Publication: The Canadian Historical Review

Volume: 91

Language: en

Find in a Library: 636583523

A review of BÃ©atrice Craig's "Backwoods Consumers and Homespun Capitalists: The Rise of a Market Culture in Eastern Canada" (University of Toronto Press, 2007). From Bittermann, provided by Project MUSE: "Backwoods Consumers and Homespun…

Tags: Acculturation and Assimilation, Aroostook County ME, Business and Economics, Canada, Criticism and Review, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, Fur-trading, Labor History, Maine, Native Americans, New Brunswick, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, St. John River Valley

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French Canadians in Michigan

The French-Canadian Heritage in New England

Quebec : A Historical Geography

Shadows on the Rock

Black Robe

The French in North America, 1500-1783

Making the Voyageur World: Travelers and Traders in the North American Fur Trade

The French Canadians of Michigan : Their Contribution to the Development of the Saginaw Valley and the Keweenaw Peninsula, 1840-1914

A Modern-Day Voyageur Family : Paddling the 3,000 Mile Fur Trade Canoe Route Across the U.S. and Canada

The Ballads of Bourbonnais

The Rapids

Imperial Conflict

Of Kings and Fools : Stories of the French Tradition in North America

La migration des Canadiens franÃ§ais vers le Michigan, 1840-1914 : leur contribution au dÃ©veloppement socioÃ©conomique de la rÃ©gion

Review : BÃ©atrice Craig, Backwoods Consumers and Homespun Capitalists : The Rise of a Market Culture in Eastern Canada

French Canada's Search for a Homeland : A Literary Perspective

Michigan's Habitant Heritage

Early French Migrations to Northern Maine, 1785-1850

Review : Backwoods Consumers and Homespun Capitalists : The Rise of a Market Culture in Eastern Canada

Review : Backwoods Consumers and Homespun Capitalists : The Rise of a Market Culture in Eastern Canada