The French Canadians Of Michigan

Author : John P. DuLong
Publisher : MSU Press
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2001-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781628954340

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French Canadians in Michigan by John P. DuLong Pdf

As the first European settlers in Michigan, the French Canadians left an indelible mark on the place names and early settlement patterns of the Great Lakes State. Because of its importance in the fur trade, many French Canadians migrated to Michigan, settling primarily along the Detroit- Illinois trade route, and throughout the fur trade avenues of the Straits of Mackinac. When the British conquered New France in 1763, most Europeans in Michigan were Francophones. John DuLong explores the history and influence of these early French Canadians, and traces, as well, the successive 19th- and 20th-century waves of industrial migration from Quebec, creating new communities outside the old fur trade routes of their ancestors.

Author : Jean Lamarre
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2003-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780814339978

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The French Canadians of Michigan by Jean Lamarre Pdf

Most information regarding the French Canadians in Michigan concerns those who settled during the French period. However, another significant migration occurred during the industrial period of the nineteenth century, when many French Canadians settled in the Saginaw Valley and on the Keweenaw Peninsula—two regions characteristic of Michigan’s economic development in the nineteenth century. The lumber industry of the Saginaw Valley and the copper mines of the Keweenaw Peninsula provided very different challenges to French Canadian settlers as they tried to find ways to adapt to changing environments and industrial realities. The French Canadians of Michigan looks at the factors behind the French Canadian immigration by providing a statistical profile of the migratory movement as well as analysis of the strategies used by French Canadians to cope with and adapt to new environments. Using federal manuscript censuses, parochial archives, and government reports, Jean Lamarre closely examines who the immigrants were, the causes of their migration, their social and geographical itinerary, and the reasons they chose Michigan as their destination. Besides comparing the different settlements in the Saginaw Valley and the Keweenaw Peninsula, Lamarre also compares the Michigan French Canadians to the French Canadians who settled in New England during the same period. This book is a major contribution to the study of the French Canadian migration to the Midwest and will be valuable to researchers of both Michigan and French Canadian history.

Author : Jean Lamarre
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : French-Canadians
ISBN : 0814331580

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The French Canadians of Michigan by Jean Lamarre Pdf

The first major study of the migration of French Canadians to Michigan during the nineteenth century and their substantial impact on the state's development.

Author : Peter N. Moogk
Publisher : MSU Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2000-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780870135286

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La Nouvelle France by Peter N. Moogk Pdf

On one level, Peter Moogk's latest book, La Nouvelle France: The Making of French Canada—A Cultural History, is a candid exploration of the troubled historical relationship that exists between the inhabitants of French- and English- speaking Canada. At the same time, it is a long- overdue study of the colonial social institutions, values, and experiences that shaped modern French Canada. Moogk draws on a rich body of evidence—literature; statistical studies; government, legal, and private documents in France, Britain, and North America— and traces the roots of the Anglo-French cultural struggle to the seventeenth century. In so doing, he discovered a New France vastly different from the one portrayed in popular mythology. French relations with Native Peoples, for instance, were strained. The colony of New France was really no single entity, but rather a chain of loosely aligned outposts stretching from Newfoundland in the east to the Illinois Country in the west. Moogk also found that many early immigrants to New France were reluctant exiles from their homeland and that a high percentage returned to Europe. Those who stayed, the Acadians and Canadians, were politically conservative and retained Old Régime values: feudal social hierarchies remained strong; one's individualism tended to be familial, not personal; Roman Catholicism molded attitudes and was as important as language in defining Acadian and Canadian identities. It was, Moogk concludes, the pre-French Revolution Bourbon monarchy and its institutions that shaped modern French Canada, in particular the Province of Quebec, and set its people apart from the rest of the nation.

Author : Russell M. Magnaghi
Publisher : MSU Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781628952599

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French in Michigan by Russell M. Magnaghi Pdf

Compared to other nationalities, few French have immigrated to the United States, and the state of Michigan is no exception in that regard. Although the French came in small numbers, those who did settle in or pass through Michigan played important roles as either permanent residents or visitors. The colonial French served as explorers, soldiers, missionaries, fur traders, and colonists. Later, French priests and nuns were influential in promoting Catholicism in the state and in developing schools and hospitals. Father Gabriel Richard fled the violence of the French Revolution and became a prominent and influential citizen of the state as a U.S. Congressman and one of the founders of the University of Michigan. French observers of Michigan life included Alexis de Tocqueville. French entrepreneurs opened copper mines and a variety of service-oriented businesses. Louis Fasquelle became the first foreign-language instructor at the University of Michigan, and François A. Artault introduced photography to the Upper Peninsula. As pioneers of the early automobile, the French made a major contribution to the language used in auto manufacturing.

Author : Louis Balthazar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Canada
ISBN : UOM:39015040669890

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French-Canadian Civilization by Louis Balthazar Pdf

Author : Carol McGinnis
Publisher : Genealogical Publishing Com
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0806317558

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Michigan Genealogy by Carol McGinnis Pdf

This is one of the finest statewide sourcebooks ever published, a remarkable compilation of sources and resources that are available to help researchers find their Michigan ancestors. It identifies records on the state and regional level and then the county level, providing details of vital records, court and land records, military records, newspapers, and census records, as well as the holdings of the various societies and institutions whose resources and facilities support the special needs of the genealogist. County-by-county, it lists the names, addresses, websites, e-mail addresses, and hours of business of libraries, archives, genealogical and historical societies, courthouses, and other record repositories; describes their manuscripts and record collections; highlights their special holdings; and provides details regarding queries, searches, and restrictions on the use of their records.

Author : Gerard J. Brault
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : History
ISBN : 0874513596

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The French-Canadian Heritage in New England by Gerard J. Brault Pdf

"In this book, Gerard J. Brault offers an introduction to Franco- American culture, covering the group's history, ideology, language, and literature; architecture, art, folklore, and music; demography, education, politics, religion, and sociology. " Back cover of book.

Author : Jean Barman
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-02-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780774828079

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French Canadians, Furs, and Indigenous Women in the Making of the Pacific Northwest by Jean Barman Pdf

Jean Barman was the recipient of the 2014 George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award. In French Canadians, Furs, and Indigenous Women in the Making of the Pacific Northwest, Jean Barman rewrites the history of the Pacific Northwest from the perspective of French Canadians attracted by the fur economy, the indigenous women whose presence in their lives encouraged them to stay, and their descendants. Joined in this distant setting by Quebec paternal origins, the French language, and Catholicism, French Canadians comprised Canadiens from Quebec, Iroquois from the Montreal area, and métis combining Canadien and indigenous descent. For half a century, French Canadians were the largest group of newcomers to this region extending from Oregon and Washington east into Montana and north through British Columbia. Here, they facilitated the early overland crossings, drove the fur economy, initiated non-wholly-indigenous agricultural settlement, eased relations with indigenous peoples, and ensured that, when the region was divided in 1846, the northern half would go to Britain, giving today’s Canada its Pacific shoreline.

Author : Benjamin Sulte
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 23 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Canada
ISBN : 0659105241

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Origin of the French Canadians by Benjamin Sulte Pdf

Author : Patricia Kenney Geyh
Publisher : Ancestry Publishing
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1931279012

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French Canadian Sources by Patricia Kenney Geyh Pdf

A six-year collaborative effort of members of the French Canadian/Acadian Genealogical Society, this book provides detailed explanations about the genealogical sources available to those seeking their French-Canadian ancestors.

Author : Ramsay Cook
Publisher : CNIB, [197-]
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Canada
ISBN : UVA:X000424704

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French-Canadian Nationalism by Ramsay Cook Pdf

These 25 essays provided a major survey of the intellectual history of French Canadian nationalism.

Author : A. I. Silver
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0802079288

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The French-Canadian Idea of Confederation, 1864-1900 by A. I. Silver Pdf

This new edition of The French-Canadian Idea of Confederation, originally published in 1982, includes a new preface and conclusion that reflect upon the failure of biculturalism and Quebec's continuing struggle to define its place within Canada and the world.

Author : GORDON WAYNE LAING
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:68286205

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CONTACT AND ATTRACTION BETWEEN ENGLISH CANADIANS AND FRENCH CANADIANS.. by GORDON WAYNE LAING Pdf

Author : Michel Gratton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X002231767

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French Canadians by Michel Gratton Pdf