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  The Role of French National Societies in the Socio-Cultural Evolution of the Franco-Americans of New England from 1860 to the Present : An Analytical Macro-Sociological Case Study in Ethnic Integration Based on Current Social System Models

  Dissertation on the histories of Franco American national societies and fraternal organizations in New England. Their significance to French Canadian and Franco American communities there from 1860 to 1960. How these organizations were involved in the socialization of francophone Canadian immigrants in the United States. An argument that these processes of socialization are better described as "integration" rather than "assimilation." Observations on "the socio-cultural evolution of the Franco-American ethnic group in New England" (1). A case study in macrosociology. Contains various observations of Franco American national societies and parishes throughout the Northeast.

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