{"product_id":"loyal-but-french-mark-paul-richard-9780870138379","title":"Loyal But French: The Negotiation of Identity by French-Canadian Descendants in the United States","description":"By focusing on patterns of immigration and acculturation in a small industrial city in the northeastern United States, Mark Paul Richard offers a noteworthy look at the ways in which French-Canadians negotiated their identity in the United States and provides new insights into the ways in which immigrants \"Americanize.\" \u003cbr\u003e Richard's work challenges prevailing notions of \"assimilation.\" As he shows, \"acculturation\" better describes the roundabout process by which some ethnic groups join their host society. He argues that, for more than a century, the French- Canadians in Lewiston, Maine, pursued the twin objectives of ethnic preservation and acculturation. These were not separate goals but rather intertwined processes. Underscored with statistics compiled by the author, \u003ci\u003eLoyal but French \u003c\/i\u003eportrays the French-Canadian history of Lewiston, from the 1880s through the 1990s, in this light. With a wealth of data, the insights of a professional historian, and the sensitivity of a \"local,\" Richard offers a new conceptualization of ways that immigrants become \"Americans.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Paul Richard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0870138375\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780870138379\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Michigan State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 388\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/17\/2008 pg. 21\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2008 pg. 66\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2009","brand":"Mark Paul Richard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47001246859519,"sku":"9780870138379","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4670d25b-bba9-4db9-b739-44deaef2b196.jpg?v=1751600500","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/loyal-but-french-mark-paul-richard-9780870138379","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}