{"product_id":"along-a-river-jan-noel-9781442612389","title":"Along a River: The First French-Canadian Women","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrench-Canadian explorers, traders, and soldiers feature prominently in this country's storytelling, but little has been written about their female counterparts. In \u003cem\u003eAlong a River\u003c\/em\u003e, award-winning historian Jan Noel shines a light on the lives of remarkable French-Canadian women -- immigrant brides, nuns, tradeswomen, farmers, governors' wives, and even smugglers -- during the period between the settlement of the St. Lawrence Lowlands and the Victorian era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlong a River \u003c\/em\u003ebuilds the case that inside the cabins that stretched for miles along the shoreline, most early French-Canadian women retained old fashioned forms of economic production and customary rights over land ownership. Noel demonstrates how this continued even as the world changed around them by comparing their lives to those of their contemporaries in France, England, and New England.Exploring how the daughters and granddaughters of the \u003cem\u003efilles du roi\u003c\/em\u003e adapted to their terrain, turned their hands to trade, and even acquired surprising influence at the French court, \u003cem\u003eAlong a River \u003c\/em\u003eis an innovative and engagingly written history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jan Noel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 144261238X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781442612389\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/19\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 356\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.97h x 6.03w x 0.85d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2014","brand":"Jan Noel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48175396159743,"sku":"9781442612389","price":47.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ef6d02da-0690-4dff-af6e-081b59db9cf7.jpg?v=1771333523","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/along-a-river-jan-noel-9781442612389","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}