Sports and Franco-Americans in Woonsocket, 1870-1930

Sorrell, Richard S.

The place of sport in the Franco American communities of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, around the beginning of the twentieth century. The complex identification of sport with both a means of French Canadian cultural preservation and a site of American acculturation. The early lives of organized sports in Woonsocket French Canadian immigrant communities, sport preference, and sport popularity around the turn of the century. Some profiles of significant Franco American athletes. Largely focused on baseball, hockey, and weightlifting.

1972-11

en; fr

Journal Article

1870-1930; Woonsocket, Rhode Island

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Rhode Island History

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0035-4619

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