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Frenchmen into peasants : modernity and tradition in the peopling of French Canada / Leslie Choquette
Bib ID 90144
Format BookBook
Author Choquette, Leslie
Description Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1997. 
viii, 397 p. ; 25 cm. 
ISBN 0674323157 (alk. paper) 
Series Harvard historical studies ; v. 123. 
Full 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. 
Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-388) and index.

Subjects Immigrants - New France - History.  |  New France - Emigration and immigration - History.  |  France - Emigration and immigration - History - 17th century.  |  France - Emigration and immigration - History - 18th century.  |  Canada - History - To 1763 (New France)  |  France - History - Bourbons, 1589-1789.
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