Part I: Introduction This paper was presented at the University of Ottawa on May 30, 2015. It appeared in print in the next issue of the Canadian Society of Church History’s Historical Papers. ~ ~ ~ The Glorious Revolution cast a long shadow. Through the eighteenth century, English subjects found in it evidence of a […]
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Franco-American History: On the Menu
In coming weeks, blog posts will address the “human vestiges of the vast continental French empire in North America,” with apologies to the Huguenots. It begins to trace the French-Canadian story as Britain sought to consolidate its hold over its new subjects, and it will carry this drama well past American independence—as far as the […]
Continue readingFranco-American History Blog: A Tribute to Mason Wade (1913-1986)
The several million Americans of French or French-Canadian origin, who are among the oldest Americans of European stock, are for the most part human vestiges of the vast continental French empire in North America. Thus began historian Mason Wade’s essay on Franco-American history in The New Catholic Encyclopedia, published a half-century ago. In the 1950s […]
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Thank you for visiting my Franco-American history blog. Keep checking in, in coming weeks and months, as this page grows and comes to represent the full range of my research and writing. Do not hesitate to get in touch with questions or comments. I will be pleased to hear from you.
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