The French in the United States : An Ethnographic Study.

Cover -- THE FRENCH IN THE UNITED STATES -- Contents -- Illustrations -- MAPS -- FIGURES -- TABLES -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Overview of French Migration to North America -- A HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE FRENCH PRESENCE ON THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT -- THE CURRENT FRENCH POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES -- 2 French Ethnicity on the American Scene -- DEFINING ETHNICITY: THEORETICAL AND ANALYTICAL CONCEPTS -- PRESENT-DAY FRENCH IMMIGRANTS ON THE WEST COAST: A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY -- Data Collection -- Sampling Procedures -- Systematic Interviewing -- The Final Sample of Semiformal Interviews -- Analysis of the Data: A Preview -- 3 Voyage to the West: From France to the United States -- GENERAL PRE-EMIGRATION CHARACTERISTICS AND MOTIVES FOR DEPARTURE -- RECENT TRAJECTORIES TO THE WEST COAST -- The "Push" Factors -- The "Pull" Factors -- 4 Integration into American Society: Socio-Demographic Factors of Acculturation -- RESIDENCE AND MARRIAGE PATTERNS -- SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS -- CITIZENSHIP STATUS -- REPRISE -- 5 Life at Home and Beyond: Behavioral and Interactional Factors of Acculturation -- LIFE AT HOME -- Food Patterns -- Celebration of Holidays -- Use of the Media -- REPRISE -- LIFE BEYOND HOME -- Formal Ties with the Community -- Informal Friendship and Acquaintance Networks -- Visits to the Homeland -- REPRISE -- 6 Perceptual Dimensions of Ethnicity -- SUBJECTIVE IDENTITY -- Self-Labeling -- Variability in Self-Identification -- MENTAL REPRESENTATIONS OF A DUAL WORLD -- Perceived Attitudes of Americans toward the French World -- Internalized Images of the French and the American World -- The Two Countries and Their People -- The French Language and American English -- THE "REALITY TEST" -- 7 The French Linguistic Heritage -- LANGUAGE RETENTION IN THE IMMIGRANT GENERATION -- Language Skills and Preferences -- Naming Practices.

LANGUAGE TRANSMISSION IN LATER GENERATIONS -- French Language Skills in the Offspring of First-Generation Immigrants -- The Process of Language Transmission Within the Family -- Family Configuration as a Factor of Variation -- Patterns of Language Use at Home and in Public -- Parental Attitudes Toward Bilingualism -- LANGUAGE AS A MARKER OF ETHNICITY -- Conclusion -- Appendix: The Interview Guide -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

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