Laurence Armand French

Frog Town (eBook, ePUB)

Portrait of a French Canadian Parish in New England

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Frog Towndescribes in detail a French Canadian parish that was unique due to the high density of both Acadian and Quebecois settlers that were situated in a Yankee stronghold of Puritan stock. This demography provided for a volatile history that accentuated the inter-ethnic/sectarian conflicts of the time. In this book, Laurence Armand French discusses the work, language, and social activities of the working-class French Canadians during the changing times that transformed them from French Canadians to Franco Americans. French also articulates the current double-standard of justice within New Hampshire with details of actual cases, presented alongside their circumstances and judicial outcomes, to offer a thorough depiction of the community of Frog Town.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780761863847
• Artikelnr.: 41208583

Autorenporträt

Laurence Armand French, Phd, is professor emeritus of psychology at Western New Mexico University and senior research associate at the JusticeWorks Institute at the University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH. He has taught criminology, criminal justice, sociology, and psychology at various universities, including minority-serving universities and has won awards for this minority-based research. He is Senior Fulbright Scholar assigned to the University of Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina for the 2009/2010 academic year. He has written many articles and books, including Frog Town: Portrait of a French Canadian Parish in New England (R&L, 2014), Running the Border Gauntlet (2010) and Native American Justice (R&L, 2003). He received the 1999 National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) research award for his work in assessing substance abuse among minorities in the U.S. southwest.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Chapter One: A Geo-Political Historical Framework
Introduction: Understanding Human and Group Behaviors
The Function of Creation Myths: Giving Meaning to Life and Belonging
Catholicism, Protestantism, and Capitalism
Colonial Wars in North America: The British/French-Protestant/Catholic Rift
Chapter Two: Manifest Destiny and Empire Building in the Americas: A
History Different
The Politics of WASP Superiority and the Road to Race and Ethnic
Intolerance
The French and Indian War and the Emerging Military Aristocracy and Local
Heroes
The Acadian Expulsion: The Prototype of Ethnic Cleansing and Cultural
Genocide
"We the (Chosen) People (Enfranchised, White Protestant Adult Males) of the
United States.."
Manifest Destiny and Indian Removal: The U.S. Policies of Cultural and
Physical Genocide
"Might Makes Right": The Means of U.S. Expansionism and Imperialism
Chapter Three: French-Canadians in Yankee-Land: A Workforce for an Emerging
Industrial Giant Comes Into Its Own as Franco Americans
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