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  Situation de la recherche sur la Franco-Américanie

  Le premier colloque de l'Institut français du Colliège de l'Assomption, Worcester, Massachusetts, 15 mars 1980. Imprimé dans un numéro du périodique "Vie Française: Revue trimestrielle," publié par le Conseil de la Vie française en Amérique. Présentations sur l'immigration franco-canadienne, la langue française, et la littérature franco-américaine dans le contexte de la Nouvelle-Angleterre. Comprend également des bibliographies.En deux parties principales, avec les piièces suivants: Préface, André Vachon, s.r.c. I - L'immigration et les groupes sociaux "L'exode vers le Sud: survol de la migration canadienne-française vers la Nouvelle-Angleterre au XIXe siiècle," Ralph D. Vicero "Etat présent des études sur les centres franco-américains de la Nouvelle-Angleterre," Gérard J. Brault Commentaires de Frances H. Early, Yolande Lavoie et Daniel J. Walkowitz II - La langue et la littérature "La langue franco-américaine," Robert A. Fischer Commentaires de Normand C. Dubé "L'histoire comme roman, le roman comme histoire: le roman ethnique franco-américain de langue anglaise," Richard S. Sorrell "Pour une problématique de l'histoire littéraire franco-américaine," Armand B. Chartier

  Tags Adams MA, Blackstone River Valley, Brockton MA, Brooklyn CT, Burlington VT, Burrillville RI, Cambridge MA, Chicopee MA, Claremont NH, Concord NH, Criticism and Review, Danielson CT, Dudley MA, Education, Gardner MA, Grafton MA, Hartford CT, Haverhill MA, Killingly CT, Laconia NH, Leominster MA, Lincoln RI, Lynn MA, Marlboro MA, Meriden CT, Millbury MA, North Adams MA, Northampton MA, Palmer MA, Pawtucket RI, Pittsfield MA, Plainfield CT, Putnam CT, Salem MA, Skowhegan ME, Somersworth NH, Southbridge MA, Spencer MA, Springfield MA, Sutton MA, Taunton MA, Thompson CT, Ware MA, Warren RI, Warwick RI, Waterbury CT, Webster MA, Westbrook ME, Willimantic CT, Winooski VT

• The Little Canadas of New England: Third Annual Conference of the French Institute/Assumption College (Worcester, Massachusetts, March 13, 1982)

  A published collection of the papers presented at Assumption College's French Institute for its third annual academic conference. Dedicated to Thomas M. Landry, OP, who chose the topic of the conference which serves as the collection's title. Contains the following essays: -"Geographic and Demographic Forces Facilitating Ethnic Survival in a New England Mill Town: The Franco-Americans of Biddeford Maine" (Michael J. Guignard) -"The Settling-in Process: The Beginnings of Little Canada in Lowell Massachusetts in the Late Nineteenth Century" (Frances H. Early), -"Neighbors from the North: French-Canadian Immigrants vs. Trade Unionism in Fall River, Massachusetts" (Philip T. Silvia), -"Culture, Community, and Politics: French Canadians in Massachusetts, 1885-1915" (Ronald A. Petrin), -"The Preservation of Ethnic Identity in the Franco-American Villages of Lincoln, Rhode Island" (Peter L. Moreau), -"Beyond Textiles: Industrial Diversity and the Franco-American Experience in Worcester, Massachusetts" (Charles W. Estus and Kenneth J. Moynihan)

  Tags Albion RI, Biddeford ME, Blackstone River Valley, Central Falls RI, Community: Customs and Social Life, Connecticut River Valley, Demography, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Fitchburg MA, Hopeville MA, Jamesville MA, Labor History, Limerock RI, Lincoln RI, Lonsdale RI, Lowell MA, Maine, Manville RI, Massachusetts, Merrimack River Valley, New England, New Hampshire, New Worcester MA, North Adams MA, Providence RI, Québec, Quinebaug River Valley, Religion, Rhode Island, Salem MA, Saylesville RI, South Worcester MA, Southbridge MA, Spencer MA, Trowbridgeville MA, Valley Falls MA, Ware MA, Worcester MA
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  A New Order of Things : How the Textile Industry Transformed New England

  General history of the textile industry and its workers in the towns and cities of New England. From early domestic and small-scale manufacturing in the 17th and 18th centuries, to weaving industries of the early 19th, to the massive riverside brick mill structures and labor forces that persisted into the later 20th century. Contains scholarship, oral histories, and many illustrations in painting and photograph of industrial-era settings, workers, and their manufacturing equipment. Written by former director of the American Textile History Museum and the Maine State Museum.

  Tags Alna ME, Andover MA, Androscoggin River Valley, Augusta ME, Berlin NH, Billerica MA, Blackstone River Valley, Braintree MA, Brunswick ME, Business and Economics, Chelmsford MA, Clinton MA, Dedham MA, Dover NH, Dracut MA, Dudley MA, Emigration and Immigration, England, Fall River MA, Gardiner ME, Gonic NH, Hallowell ME, Harrisville NH, Holden MA, Holyoke MA, Irish Americans, Kingston NH, Labor History, Laconia NH, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Lincoln RI, Londonderry NH, Lovell ME, Lowell MA, Ludlow MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Manville RI, Massachusetts, Merrimack River Valley, Middlefield NY, Mills and Mill Work, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New England, Newburyport MA, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Pawtucket RI, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Portsmouth NH, Providence RI, Quequechan River Valley, Rhode Island, Rockville CT, Rowley MA, Saco ME, Salem MA, Salem NH, Sanford ME, Slatersville RI, Somersworth NH, South Waterford ME, Springvale ME, St. John River Valley, Taunton MA, Ware MA, Warren RI, Webster MA, Winthrop ME, Worcester MA, Yarmouth ME, York ME
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  A New Order of Things : How the Textile Industry Transformed New England

  General history of the textile industry and its workers in the towns and cities of New England. From early domestic and small-scale manufacturing in the 17th and 18th centuries, to weaving industries of the early 19th, to the massive riverside brick mill structures and labor forces that persisted into the later 20th century. Contains scholarship, oral histories, and many illustrations in painting and photograph of industrial-era settings, workers, and their manufacturing equipment. Written by former director of the American Textile History Museum and the Maine State Museum.

  Tags Alna ME, Andover MA, Androscoggin River Valley, Augusta ME, Berlin NH, Billerica MA, Blackstone River Valley, Braintree MA, Brunswick ME, Business and Economics, Chelmsford MA, Clinton MA, Dedham MA, Dover NH, Dracut MA, Dudley MA, Emigration and Immigration, England, Fall River MA, Gardiner ME, Gonic NH, Hallowell ME, Harrisville NH, Holden MA, Holyoke MA, Irish Americans, Kingston NH, Labor History, Laconia NH, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Lincoln RI, Londonderry NH, Lovell ME, Lowell MA, Ludlow MA, Maine, Manchester NH, Manville RI, Massachusetts, Merrimack River Valley, Middlefield NY, Mills and Mill Work, Nashua NH, New Bedford MA, New England, Newburyport MA, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Pawtucket RI, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Portsmouth NH, Providence RI, Quequechan River Valley, Rhode Island, Rockville CT, Rowley MA, Saco ME, Salem MA, Salem NH, Sanford ME, Slatersville RI, Somersworth NH, South Waterford ME, Springvale ME, St. John River Valley, Taunton MA, Ware MA, Warren RI, Webster MA, Winthrop ME, Worcester MA, Yarmouth ME, York ME