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Ethnicity, Family Structure and Seasonal Labor Strategies on Quebec’s Appalachian Frontier, 1852-1881
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Ethnicity, Family Structure and Seasonal Labor Strategies on Quebec’s Appalachian Frontier, 1852-1881
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| Abstract |
The author focuses on the economic role of the Highland Scots and French-Canadian families during the first three decades of settlement of Winslow Township. He argues that while families in both groups depended on seasonal wages earned outside the district, there were nevertheless important differences in their survival strategies and these differences were reflected in the composition of their families. The contrasting composition and economic role of the family in each group was in turn a reflection of two disparate cultures. Rather than being abandoned under the pressure of frontier conditions, the author maintains, pre-settlement values and traditions enabled each group to adapt in its own way to the harsh environment of the upper St. Francis district.
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Journal of Family History
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Vol. 17
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no. 3
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289-302
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1992
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en
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| Notes |
Translated into French as: "Cycles du travail saisonnier dans une zone de colonisation québécoise: les Canadiens français et les Ecossais du Canton de Winslow, Québec, 1852-81." Gérard Bouchard et Joseph Goy (eds). Famille, économie et socièté rurale en contexte d'urbanisation (17e-20e siècle). Chicoutimi and Paris: Centre interuniversitaire SOREP et Ècole des hautes Ètudes en sciences sociales, 1990. Pp. 293-300. |
| Citation |
Little, J. I. “Ethnicity, Family Structure and Seasonal Labor Strategies on Quebec’s Appalachian Frontier, 1852-1881.” Journal of Family History Vol. 17, no. 3 (1992): 289–302.
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