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Informationen zum Autor By Laurence Armand French Klappentext Frog Town describes 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. Zusammenfassung Frog Town describes in detail a French Canadian parish where both Acadian and Quebecois settlers lived. Laurence Armand French discusses the work! language! and social activities of the working-class French Canadians in a comprehensive depiction of a community where a volatile history accentuated inter-ethnic/sectarian conflicts. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefaceChapter One: A Geo-Political Historical FrameworkIntroduction: Understanding Human and Group BehaviorsThe Function of Creation Myths: Giving Meaning to Life and BelongingCatholicism, Protestantism, and CapitalismColonial Wars in North America: The British/French-Protestant/Catholic RiftChapter Two: Manifest Destiny and Empire Building in the Americas: A History DifferentThe Politics of WASP Superiority and the Road to Race and Ethnic IntoleranceThe French and Indian War and the Emerging Military Aristocracy and Local HeroesThe 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 ImperialismChapter Three: French-Canadians in Yankee-Land: A Workforce for an Emerging Industrial Giant Comes Into Its Own as Franco AmericansPuritan Capitalism and Yankee Mills: An Auspicious BeginningThe Canada Connection: The Symbiosis of Economic Conditions and a Cheap and Convenient Labor SourceChapter Four: Frog Town: Life and Times of a Franco American CommunityThe Historic Landscape and Demographics of New Hampshire and the RegionSuncook Valley-The Early YearsFrog Town: St. Jean the Baptist Parish-Suncook, N.H., 1870s-1930sFrog Town-1930 to 1980: Fifty Years of Turmoil and ChangeThe Second World War and the Transformation of SuncookThe Social Milieu in Post-WWII Frog TownChapter Five: "And Justice for Some"America's Criminal Justice Ideals and AdaptationsSelective Justice IssuesPolicing Society: From Community Policing to a Militarized ForceA Sampler of Justice in New HampshireBlood PoliticsChurch, State, and AbuseEpiloguePost NAFTA Changes in U.S.-Canada RelationsCelebrating Franco American Heritage in New HampshireNotes BibliographyIndex...
