Frenchmen into peasants : modernity and tradition in the peopling of French Canada /
In unprecedented detail, Leslie Choquette narrates the peopling of French Canada across the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the lesser known colonial phase of French migration. Drawing on French and Canadian archives, she carefully traces the precise origins of individual immigrants, describin...
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
1997
Cambridge, MA : [2022] |
| Series: | Harvard historical studies ;
123 Harvard historical studies ; v. 123 Harvard historical studies v. 123 |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: The Peopling of French Canada
- pt. I. Modernity. 1. Regional Origins: Peasants or Frenchmen? 2. A Geography of Modernity: The Northwest. 3. A Geography of Modernity: Non-Northwesterners and Women. 4. An Urban Society: Class Structure and Occupational Distribution. 5. Religious Diversity: Protestants, Jews, and Catholics. 6. The Age of Adventure in an Age of Expansion
- pt. II. Tradition. 7. Traditional Patterns of Mobility. 8. A Traditional Movement: Northwestern Emigration to Canada. 9. A Traditional Movement: Emigration Outside the Northwest. 10. The Canadian System of Recruitment
- Conclusion: Frenchmen into Peasants
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Introduction: The Peopling of French Canada
- Part I Modernity
- Chapter 1 Regional Origins: Peasants or Frenchmen?
- Chapter 2 A Geography of Modernity: The Northwest
- Chapter 3 A Geography of Modernity: Non-Northwesterners and Women
- Chapter 4 An Urban Society: Class Structure and Occupational Distribution
- Chapter 5 Religious Diversity: Protestants, Jews, and Catholics
- Chapter 6 The Age of Adventure in an Age of Expansion
- Part II Tradition
- Chapter 7 Traditional Patterns of Mobility
- Chapter 8 A Traditional Movement: Northwestern Emigration to Canada
- Chapter 9 A Traditional Movement: Emigration Outside the Northwest
- Chapter 10 The Canadian System of Recruitment
- Conclusion: Frenchmen into Peasants
- Notes
- Index