« De votre chière soeur qui ne vous oublie jamais » : A Postal Perspective on French-Canadian Migration in North America
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Title
« De votre chière soeur qui ne vous oublie jamais » : A Postal Perspective on French-Canadian Migration in North America
Creator
Willis, John
Description
Essay on the function of the personal letter in historiography. How trails of correspondence between French Canadians in Canada and the United States in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries tell us about French Canadian migration: migrants, immigrants, families separated by distance and labor, and the sort of information that was communicated by post. The relationship of letter-writing to French Canadian literacy in that period. Contains analyses of certain private correspondences among French Canadian migrants, their families, and friends - the majority of which exisiting between Québec and New England cities.
Date
2006
Language
en, fr
Type
Book Section
Identifier
Coverage
20th century; New England; Québec