The first major study of the migration of French Canadians to Michigan during the nineteenth century and their substantial impact on the state's development.

John DuLong explores the history and influence of these early French Canadians and traces the successive nineteenth- and twentieth-century waves of migration fr

As the first European settlers in Michigan, the French Canadians left an indelible mark on the place names and early settlement patterns of the Great Lakes Stat

In the past thirty years, the study of French-Indian relations in the center of North America has emerged as an important field for examining the complex relati

Richard's work challenges prevailing notions of "assimilation." As he shows, "acculturation" better describes the roundabout process by which some ethnic groups