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Immigrants from the North: Woonsocket, Rhode Island Revisited
Lineae Terrarum Conference Proceedings 2006 (2006)
  • Jane E Evans, University of Texas at El Paso
Abstract

This paper revisits Franco-Canadian immigration into the United States across the northern border at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries. With the aid of film clips from Les Tisserands du pouvoir, a film depicting the immigrant contribution to the New England textile industry through the saga of one family, one's understanding of expatriation, relocation, and assimilation will be broadened.

Keywords
  • U.S.-Canadian border,
  • immigration,
  • French-speaking,
  • New England,
  • textiles
Publication Date
2006
Editor
Tony Payan
Publisher
University of Texas at El Paso
Citation Information
Jane E Evans. "Immigrants from the North: Woonsocket, Rhode Island Revisited" El PasoLineae Terrarum Conference Proceedings 2006 (2006)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jane_evans/12/