Author: Etats-Unis. Commission on Civil Rights. Vermont Advisory Committee
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Published: 1983
Total Pages: 53
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States Commission on Civil Rights. Vermont Advisory Committee
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Published: 1983
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Kimberly Lamay Licursi and Celine Racine Paquette, Foreword by
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2018-04-16
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 1467127868
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Read the story of French Canadian migration into the Vermont and New York with photographs of their vibrant heritage. French Canadian migration into the Champlain Valley in Vermont and New York from the 1850s onward changed the landscape of the Northeast in significant and often subtle ways. As a substantial part of the labor force, Franco-Americans harvested the lumber and mined the stone that built the North Country of both states. They built elaborately appointed churches that served as cornerstones of their communities and a testament to their deep religious faith. They were professionals who ran businesses on the main streets of the bucolic villages and towns around Lake Champlain, as well as farmers and mill workers who eked out a life toiling in the dirt and in textile factories. They formed innumerable fraternal organizations and societies like the Union St. Jean Baptiste and the Champlain Chevaliers to preserve their culture and religion, often in the face of discrimination. The photographs in this volume document their vibrant heritage.
Author: United States Commission on Civil Rights. Vermont Advisory Committee
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Published: 1983
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: A. Peter Woolfson
Publisher: Burlington : Center for Research on Vermont, University of Vermont
Published: 1983
Total Pages: 39
ISBN-13: 9780944277096
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Yves Roby
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 563
ISBN-13: 2894483910
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Between 1840 and 1930, approximately 900,000 people left Quebec for the United States and settled in French-Canadian colonies in New England's industrial cities. Yves Roby draws from first-person accounts to explore the conversion of these immigrants and their descendants from French-Canadian to Franco-American. The first generation of immigrants saw themselves as French Canadians who had relocated to the United States. They were not involved with American society and instead sought to recreate their lost homeland. The Franco-Americans of New England reveals that their children, however, did not see a need to create a distinct society. Although they maintained aspects of their language, religion, and customs, they felt no loyalty to Canada and identified themselves as Franco-American. Roby's analysis raises insightful questions about not only Franco-Americans but also the integration of ethno-cultural groups into Canadian society and the future of North American Francophonies.