Includes bibliographical references (pages [341] -378) and index.
Contents:
Epilogue: Back to the cemetery. Section one: From ships' captains to captains of industry. Head of the mercantile community of Boston -- A textile industry for New England -- Enter the Cabots -- Textiles in Brunswick - the first half-century -- Section two: The other side of the cotton. Franco-Americans rescue King Cotton -- Franco-Americans come to Brunswick -- The case of the Cabot Mill -- A rich uncle from the States? -- Who were the immigrants? -- They came from L'Islet -- Section three: The reception of Franco-Americans. Franco-Americans and Americanism -- Fears of Franco-American conspiracy -- Eugenics and the alien in our midst -- A Klan for New England -- Section four: Tenacity and modernity. Textiles go south -- Drifting away from Little Canada in body and mind -- A distinct alien race no longer -- Franco-Americans and Québécois -- Epilogue: Back to the cemetery.
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