« De votre chère soeur qui ne vous oublie jamais » : A Postal Perspective on French-Canadian Migration in North America
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« De votre chère soeur qui ne vous oublie jamais » : A Postal Perspective on French-Canadian Migration in North America
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Essay on the function of the personal letter in historiography. How trails of correspondence between French Canadians in Canada and the United States in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries tell us about French Canadian migration: migrants, immigrants, families separated by distance and labor, and the sort of information that was communicated by post. The relationship of letter-writing to French Canadian literacy in that period. Contains analyses of certain private correspondences among French Canadian migrants, their families, and friends - the majority of which exisiting between Québec and New England cities.
Creator
Willis, John
Publisher
Les Presses de l'UniversiteÌ Laval
Date
2006
Language
en, fr
Type
Book Section
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Coverage
20th century; New England; Québec
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Editor
Frenette, Yves
Martel, Marcel
Willis, John
Item Type
Book Section
ISBN
9782763783918
Book Title
Envoyer et recevoir : lettres et correspondances dans les diasporas francophones
Date
2006
Pages
75-119
Place
Saint-Nicolas, Québec
Publisher
Les Presses de l'UniversiteÌ Laval
Series
Culture française d'Amérique
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