French Canada's Diaspora and Labour History
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Title
French Canada's Diaspora and Labour History
Description
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 Franco-American history. From the text: "More than ever it struck me as to just how elitist French Canada's historiography has been and to a large degree remains. The constitutional, nationalist, neo-nationalist, and ideological schools have all been recycling the same elitist hash: in essence a Whig interpretation from the loser's perspective. Rouillard's emigrants, however, were the survivors in the grand tradition of la survivance. Personal interests came first..."
Creator
LeBlanc, Andre
Date
1987
Language
en
Type
Journal Article
Identifier
Coverage
1900s; New England;Canada
Contribution Form
Online Submission
No
Zotero
ISSN
0700-3862
Issue
Fall
Pages
213-220
Publication Title
Labour/Le Travail
URL
http://www.lltjournal.ca/index.php/llt/article/viewFile/2444/2848 (full text available here)
Volume
20