Frog Town

Laurence Armand French

doi:10.5771/9780761863847

Summary

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.

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Copyright year: 2014
ISBN-Print: 978-0-7618-6383-0
ISBN-Online: 978-0-7618-6384-7
Publisher: Hamilton Books, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 286
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Preface No access
1. Introduction: Understanding Human and Group Behaviors No access
2. The Function of Creation Myths: Giving Meaning to Life and Belonging No access
3. Catholicism, Protestantism, and Capitalism No access
4. Colonial Wars in North America: The British/French-Protestant/Catholic Rift No access
1. The Politics of WASP Superiority and the Road to Race and Ethnic Intolerance No access
2. The French and Indian War and the Emerging Military Aristocracy and Local Heroes No access
3. The Acadian Expulsion: The Prototype of Ethnic Cleansing and Cultural Genocide No access
4. “We the (Chosen) People (Enfranchised, White Protestant Adult Males) of the United States….” No access
5. Manifest Destiny and Indian Removal: The U.S. Policies of Cultural and Physical Genocide No access
6. “Might Makes Right”: The Means of U.S. Expansionism and Imperialism No access
1. Puritan Capitalism and Yankee Mills: An Auspicious Beginning No access
2. The Canada Connection: The Symbiosis of Economic Conditions and a Cheap and Convenient Labor Source No access
1. The Historic Landscape and Demographics of New Hampshire and the Region No access
2. Suncook Valley—The Early Years No access
3. Frog Town: St. Jean the Baptist Parish—Suncook, N.H., 1870s–1930s No access
4. Frog Town—1930 to 1980: Fifty Years of Turmoil and Change No access
5. The Second World War and the Transformation of Suncook No access
6. The Social Milieu in Post-WWII Frog Town No access
1. America’s Criminal Justice Ideals and Adaptations No access
2. Selective Justice Issues No access
3. Policing Society: From Community Policing to a Militarized Force No access
4. A Sampler of Justice in New Hampshire No access
5. Blood Politics No access
6. Church, State, and Abuse No access
1. Post NAFTA Changes in U.S.-Canada Relations No access
2. Celebrating Franco American Heritage in New Hampshire No access
Notes No access Pages 251 - 264
Bibliography No access Pages 265 - 278
Index No access Pages 279 - 286