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  • Author: MacKinnon, Mary
  • Author: Parent, Daniel

Date: 2005-06

Language: en

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From MacKinnon and Parent - Department of Economics, McGill University: "In this paper, we look at the emigration of approximately 1 million French-Canadians who moved to the United States, with the bulk of the migration occurring between the end of…

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  • Author: MacDonald, William

Date: 1898-04

Publication: The Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volume: 12

Language: en

Find in a Library: 479765552

Introduction to French-Canadian immigration to New England in the second half of the nineteenth century. Observations on distribution of population by town and the organization of Catholic parishes. Written by a professor at Bowdoin College,…

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  • Author: Monnier, Alain

Date: 1987 mai/juin

Publication: Population

Language:

Find in a Library: 478606131

De l'auteur: "13 millions d'Américains se sont déclarés 'd'origine française' lors du recensement de 1980, et un million et demi parlent français chez eux. La notion d'origine française est relativement floue, mais la répartition…

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  • Author: LeBlanc, Robert G.

Date: 1967

Publication: Cahiers de géographie du Québec

Volume: 11

Language: en

Find in a Library: 60627975

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A concise account of the Acadian migrations between 1750 and 1800, including intercontinental migration routes, community prevalance, and the political context that motivated such a tumultuous half-century in and out of Atlantic Canada.

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  • Author: Locke, William N.

Date: 1946-05

Publication: The French Review

Volume: 19

Language: en

Find in a Library: 481108175

An exploration of French language spoken by the descendents of French-Canadian immigrants in Brunswick, Maine. Includes pronunciations and a litany of terms that differ from "standard French."

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  • Author: Lower, A.R.M.

Date: 1929-04

Publication: The New England Quarterly

Volume: 2

Language: en

Find in a Library: 480335685

Essay-like general sketch of the histories of New England and New France as they move into the migration of French Canadians to the United States around the turn of the 20th century. Some comments on the general intentions of French Canadian…

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  • Author: Louder, Dean

Date: 1996

Publication: Géographie et cultures

Volume: 17

Language: en

Find in a Library: 27125228

De l'auteur: "Une mission salvatrice à l'âge de dix-neuf a amené l'A. à connaître l'Archipel. Cet essai trace son périple personnel, professionnel et intellectuel depuis la région culturelle mormone jusqu'à l'île principale…

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  • Author: Langellier, Kristin M.

Date: 2002

Publication: Communication Studies

Volume: 53

Language: en

Find in a Library: 432533894

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Performance studies essay on Franco American grandmothers and the formation of cultural identity through storytelling. Written by Mark and Marcia Bailey Professor at the University of Maine and co-author of "Storytelling in Daily Life" (Temple…

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  • Author: LeBlanc, Andre

Date: 1987

Publication: Labour/Le Travail

Volume: 20

Language: en

Find in a Library: 317511047

Review of Jacques Rouillard's text, "Ah les Etats!: les travailleurs canadiens-français dans l'industrie textile de la Nouvelle-Angleterre d'après le témoignage des derniers migrants" (Boreal Express, 1985) couched in a brief reflection on…

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  • Author: Lees, Cynthia C.

Date: 2007

Publication: The French Review

Volume: 80

Language:

Find in a Library: 137573882

From refdoc.fr: "This article examines three Francophone texts written by Franco-American authors of New England, texts that have received scant critical attention. Writing in a language other than English in the United States foregrounds issues of…

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  • Author: LeBlanc, Robert G.

Date: 1988

Publication: Journal of Cultural Geography

Volume: 8

Language: en

Find in a Library: 43321549

From the author: "The migration of one million French Canadians from Québec to the United States between 1840 and 1940 was different from the migrations of other ethnic groups. The proximity of Québec made possible the maintenance of intimate…

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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: Larkosh, Christopher

Date: 2006 Fall

Publication: TOPIA: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies

Language: Français and English

Find in a Library: 243540416

From the author: "This bilingual article explores the possibilities of post-bilingual 'Canadian' memory and identity through the literary and cultural history of Canada’s largest extraterritorial diasporic community: the French-Canadians of…

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  • Author: Laroussi, Farid
  • Author: Miller, Christopher L.

Date: 2003

Publication: Yale French Studies

Language: en

Find in a Library: 1770272

The preface to an issue of Yale French Studies. Part of the text reads: "This volume of Yale French Studies is concerned with the emergence of new relations between 'French' and 'Francophone' in institutions, in pedagogy, and in interpretations of…

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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: Lamphere, Louise

Date: 1986 February

Volume: 13

Language: en

Find in a Library: 482347183

From the author: "The increased participation of women in the paid labor force in the 20th-century United States has been marked by a transition from an era of 'working daughters' to one of 'working mothers.' Using data from a New England industrial…

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  • Author: Lambert, Wallace E.
  • Author: Giles, Howard
  • Author: Picard, Omer

Date: 1975

Publication: Linguistics

Volume: 13

Language: en

Find in a Library: 471883210

From ERIC: "[The text] examines these questions: how do America's ethno-linguistic groups adjust to the bicultural demands made on them? How are speakers of local varieties of French as opposed to other forms viewed by French-Americans? Does…

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  • Author: Kristofferson, Robert B.

Date: 2010

Publication: The American Historical Review

Volume: 115

Language: en

Find in a Library: 611180848

A review of Béatrice 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.

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  • Author: Konrad, Victor A.
  • Author: Chaney, Michael

Date: 1982 September

Publication: Journal of Cultural Geography

Volume: 3

Language:

Find in a Library: 43321549

From the authors: "Virtually unique to the upper St. John Valley of Maine, the Madawaska twin barn is a large structure consisting of two parallel sections joined to form an “H.” Although the form has its origin in a restricted barn…

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  • Author: Kalijarvi, T.V.

Date: 1942-01

Publication: The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volume: 223

Language: en

Find in a Library: 479889934

Essay on general attitudes toward French Canadians and Franco Americans in the United States, and descriptions of the customs of this immigrated ethnic group in the 1940s.

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  • Author: Anctil, Pierre

Date: 1979 June

Language: English and français

Find in a Library: 12238178

1979 annotated bibliography of materials relevant to Franco American studies. Lists resources (books, etc.) with their corresponding physical locations in one or more New England libraries.

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  • Author: Dexter, Robert Cloutman

Date: 1923

Thesis Type: Ph. D., Sociology

Institution: Clark University

Language: en

Find in a Library: 6634661

Early 20th-century doctoral dissertation on some scientific observations of French-Canadian immigrants to New England. Reflects certain attitudes toward stereotyped ethnic immigrants to the United States between 1830 and 1920.

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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: Kerouac, Jack

Date: 1968

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Find in a Library: 244367

Written in 1967, near the end of Kerouac's life, "Vanity of Duluoz" moves into Jack's university exploits, through his Merchant Marine life, and all around the important Manhattan context in which the Beat Movement's origins are often situated.…

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  • Author: Boudreau, Arthur
  • Author: Perrault, Anne-Marie
  • Author: American-Canadian Genealogical Society

Date: 2000

Language:

Find in a Library: 53813496

One hundred years of Catholic marriages from the Goffstown, New Hampshire, region. Includes marriages from St. Lawrence and St. Edmond parishes.

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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: Jennings, Nancy E.

Date: 2000 Winter

Publication: Journal of Research in Rural Education

Volume: 16

Language:

Find in a Library: 425331644

Function and impact of Maine Learning Results educational plan in elementary schools of rural Maine. Includes a segment on Walters School in the St. John Valley, and discusses its elementary French language program as it becomes incorporated in MLR…

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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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