The 'Flint Affair' : French-Canadian Struggle for 'Survivance'
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Title
The 'Flint Affair' : French-Canadian Struggle for 'Survivance'
Description
Article on the 1880s Fall River, Massachusetts, dispute between French Canadian immigrant Catholics, Irish American parishioners, and a largely Irish American clergy, commonly known as the "Flint Affair." The prolonged and destructive debate over French Canadian immigrant community preference for a priest of both their heritage and language to service a national parish. The various community crises instigated by both nationalistic parishioners and their resistant bishopric. "Flint village" of the Fall River Flint mills as an example of the communities and parishes borne out of turn-of-the-century emigration to the United States. Ethnic division as a symptom of linguistic barriers in church, disputes concerning the organization of labor, and passions both in favor of and against "la survivance."
Creator
Silvia, Philip T.
Date
1979-07-01
Language
en
Type
Journal Article
Coverage
1880s; Fall River, Massachusetts
Contribution Form
Zotero
ISSN
0008-8080
Date
1979 July 1
Issue
3
Language
English
Pages
414-435
Publication Title
The Catholic Historical Review
Volume
65