Mobility, Class and Ethnicity : French Canadians in Nineteenth-Century Plattsburgh, New York

Ouellette, Susan

Article discussing cultural and economic factors in the development of immigrant community and identity in Plattsburgh, New York, between 1850 and 1890 among French Canadians - the largest immigrant group of the time period in Plattsburgh. The impact of French Canadian immigration on the development of Plattsburgh itself - socially, economically, politically. Comparison between French Canadian population growth and stagnated economic and occupational mobility in the 19th century.

2002-09 (fall)

en

Journal article

1850-1890

Plattsburgh, New York

0146-437X

New York History : Quarterly Journal of the New York State Historical Association

83

4

366-384