The French Canadians of Michigan

The French Canadians of Michigan not only brings to light a frequently neglected chapter of French Canadian immigration to the United States. It also raises questions about accepted stereotypes and stimulates further research on the extraordinary peregrinations of this ethnic group – la nation québécoise – across Canada and the United States.

~Leslie Choquette

Jean Lamarre's book, The French Canadians of Michigan is a welcome addition to the current revival in statewide ethnic studies. As the trend toward in-depth immigration analysis continues. Michigan readers can now go beyond the traditional anecdotal volumes or short perfunctory sources that in the past characterized the histories of Michigan's newcomers. Lamarre's book remains a thoroughly researched and valuable contribution to French-Canadian cultural, socioeconomic, and migration history.

~Michigan Historical Society

Overall, the author does a good job of documenting a neglected aspect of the French Canadian migration experience in a rather limited space."

~Material Culture

Jean Lamarre has demonstrated that French-Canadian migration was not only a New England phenomenon. Lamarre's study makes a fine addition to the literature in immigration history and, specifically, to the scholarship on the peopling of the Great Lakes region. Local historians, too, will find it a useful addition to their libraries.

~John J. Bukowczyk