The Franco-Americans of New England: Dreams and Realities (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9782894484005)

Between 1840 and 1930, approximately 900,000 people left Quebec for the United States and settled in French-Canadian colonies in New England's industrial cities. Yves Roby draws from first-person accounts to explore the conversion of these immigrants and their descendants from French-Canadian to Franco-American. The first generation of immigrants saw themselves as French Canadians who had relocated to the United States. They were not involved with American society and instead sought to recreate their lost homeland.

Author: Yves Roby
ISBN-10: 2894484003
ISBN-13: 9782894484005
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2005
Pages: 562
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.52lbs
Size: 9.08h x 6.12w x 1.53d