French Canadian Society: Volume 1 9780773595057

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GENERAL INTRODUCTION
PART ONE: THE SOCIOLOGY OF FRENCH CANADA IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
INTRODUCTION
I: BASIC INSTITUTIONS OF TRADITIONAL FRENCH CANADA
The Rang — Pattern of Rural Settlement in French Canada
The Seventeenth-Century Parish in French Canada
The French-Canadian Family — Its Strengths and Weaknesses
French-Canadian Culture in St. Denis
II: TRADITIONAL FRENCH CANADA IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGE
Changes in French-Canadian Rural Culture
Industry and the Rural System in Quebec
Socio-Cultural Changes in an Agricultural Parish
The Changing Social Structures of Contemporary French-Canadian Society
III: SOCIOLOGICAL INTERPRETATIONS OF THE SOCIAL EVOLUTION OF FRENCH CANADA
Change and Continuity in Rural French Canada
The Social Evolution of Quebec Reconsidered
Remarks on the Socio-Cultural Development of French Canada
An Introduction to a Sociology of French Canada
PART TWO: THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF CONTEMPORARY FRENCH CANADA
INTRODUCTION
IV: POPULATION AND ECOLOGY
From Acceptance of Nature to Control: The Demography of the French Canadians Since the Seventeenth Century
Population Problems
Urban Studies in French Canada
V: ECONOMIC STRUCTURE AND SOCIAL STRATIFICATION
History of Industrial Development
The French-Canadian Industrial Entrepreneur and His Social Environment
Language Differences and Occupational Experience
Social Class in French Canada
Quebec's Emerging Middle Class
Research on Occupations and Social Stratification
VI: SOCIAL ORGANIZATION AND CULTURE
The Role and Importance of the Church in French Canada
French-Canadian Kinship and Urban Life
Kinship Recognition and Urbanization in French Canada
The Systematic Study of the French-Canadian Total Society
THE CONTRIBUTORS

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FRENCHCANADIAN SOCIETY VOLUME I SOCIOLOGICAL STUDIES EDITED AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MARCEL RIOUX

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