Chapter 2 A Geography of Modernity: The Northwest

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments vii
3. Contents ix
4. Introduction: The Peopling of French Canada 1
5. Part I Modernity
6. Chapter 1 Regional Origins: Peasants or Frenchmen? 27
7. Chapter 2 A Geography of Modernity: The Northwest 55
8. Chapter 3 A Geography of Modernity: Non-Northwesterners and Women 77
9. Chapter 4 An Urban Society: Class Structure and Occupational Distribution 101
10. Chapter 5 Religious Diversity: Protestants, Jews, and Catholics 129
11. Chapter 6 The Age of Adventure in an Age of Expansion 151
12. Part II Tradition
13. Chapter 7 Traditional Patterns of Mobility 181
14. Chapter 8 A Traditional Movement: Northwestern Emigration to Canada 200
15. Chapter 9 A Traditional Movement: Emigration Outside the Northwest 219
16. Chapter 10 The Canadian System of Recruitment 247
17. Conclusion: Frenchmen into Peasants 279
18. Notes 307
19. Index 389