Franco-America in the Making: The Creole Nation Within

366 Pages·2018·3.84 MB·English

by  Jonathan K. Gosnell

Franco-A merica in the Making
France Overseas: Studies in Empire and Decolonization
Series editors: A. J. B. Johnston, James D. Le Sueur, and Tyler Stovall
Franco- America
in the Making
The Creole Nation Within
Jonathan K. Gosnell
University of Nebraska Press Lincoln and London
© 2018 by the Board of Regents of
the University of Nebraska
Acknowledgments for the use of copyrighted
material appear on pages xiv– xv, which constitute
an extension of the copyright page.
All rights reserved
Manufactured in the United States of America
Library of Congress Control Number: 2017054272
Set in Garamond Premier by E. Cuddy.
Designed by N. Putens.
Pour Annie qui est si généreusement venue,
comme ses arrière- grands- parents,
vivre dans un monde inconnu, aux Etats . . .
And for Simone and Gabrielle,
Franco- Americans in their own right who
will, I hope, gracefully navigate the worlds that they inhabit
In loving memory of GGD,
for introductions to cultures, francophone and other,
beyond the City of Brotherly Love

Contents
List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
1. Between Dream and Reality in
Franco- America 21
2. Cultural Institutions and French
Renaissance in America 61
3. Women’s Social Clubs and the
Transmission of Culture 107
4. Franco- American Cultures in a
New World Perspective 151
5. Ethnic Identity and the Franco-
American Press 189
6. Unmasking the Creole Cowboy 233
Conclusion 279
Notes 291
Bibliography 323
Index 337
Illustrations
1. Monument National, Canadien
Français, Holyoke, Massachusetts 3
2. Welcome to French neighborhood,
Woonsocket, Rhode Island 46
3. La Maison Française, Assumption
College, Worcester, Massachusetts 64
4. af Marianne. 74
5. La dame de la renaissance française,
Nashua, New Hampshire 108
6. École Sainte Jeanne d’Arc/
St. Georges School, Aldenville,
Chicopee, Massachusetts 122