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  Taftville, Connecticut and the Industrial Revolution

  A 125-year history of a Connecticut town fundamentally shaped by the New England textile industry. French Canadian community surrounding the Ponemah Cotton Mills on the Shetucket River in Taftville, Connecticut. Images of the mill and its workers, Taftville Catholic churches, schools, businesses, and residents in the early and middle twentieth century. A directory of 1941 Taftville streets and residents. The birth and transformation of French Canadian and Franco American culture in Taftville. From the author: "This is a documentation of the lives and lifestyles of the French-Canadians who migrated to New England during the Industrial Revolution in the middle 1880s."

  Tags Acculturation and Assimilation, Art and Architecture, Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Jewett City CT, Labor History, Language and Linguistics, Mills and Mill Work, New England, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Economic and Industrial, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Occum CT, Putnam CT, Religion, Shetucket River Valley, Sports and Leisure, Taftville CT
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  Immigration of French Canadians to New England, 1840-1900 : A Geographical Analysis

  Study of French-Canadian emigration into the United States during the nineteenth century. Pivotal research in French Canadian emigration. Includes maps that show migration patterns from specific Canadian regions to specific areas in New England. From the author: "The purpose of this study is to examine geographically the French-Canadian population in New England in terms of the spatial interaction between New England and Québec. It is hoped that the conclusions relating to their experience will have relevance to the general study of immigration."

  Tags Biddeford ME, Burlington VT, Chicopee MA, Concord NH, Demography, Dover NH, Emigration and Immigration, Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, Geography, Holyoke MA, Illinois, Journalism, Kennebec River Valley, Labor History, Lawrence MA, Lowell MA, Madawaska ME, Manchester NH, Michigan, Mills and Mill Work, Milton VT, Minnesota, Nashua NH, New England, New York, Newport VT, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Geography, Nonfiction -- History -- Labor and Social, Pawtucket RI, Quinebaug River Valley, Saco ME, Shetucket River Valley, St. Albans VT, St. John River Valley, St. Lawrence River Valley, Waterville ME, Willimantic River Valley, Winooski VT, Wisconsin, Worcester MA