Regional Competition for Franco-American Repatriates, 1870-1930

LeBlanc, Robert G.

Article describing the logics and methods of Québec repatriation from the United States around the turn of the century. The establishment of the Eastern Townships as a Québec repatriation colony, active solicitation of Franco Americans in the United States, and other efforts of the Québec government to redress a "demographic imbalance" between anglophones and francophones in the region after 1870. Perspectives on repatriation from the standpoint of Québec's various political, cultural, and economic goals; Manitoba and western Canada's goals; as well as from Franco American communities in New England. How French Canadian naturalization in the United States, and French cultural pride in New England, effectively combatted Canadian efforts of repatriation.

1983-03 (spring)

en

Journal Article

1870-1930

Québec

New England

Manitoba

9739-3759

Québec Studies

1

110-129