The invisible French : the French in metropolitan Toronto / Thomas R. Maxwell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maxwell, Thomas R., 1911-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

French-Canadians--Ontario--Toronto Region--Social conditions.

French-Canadians.

French--Ontario--Toronto Region--Social conditions.

French.

Toronto Region (Ont.)--Social conditions.

Toronto Region (Ont.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c1977.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since the Second World War, Toronto's image as a rather staid, predominantly British community, has been transformed through massive immigration into what has been aptly described as a "salad bowl" of identifiable ethnic communities with their characteristic languages, neighbourhoods, shops, newspapers, radio programs and sporting events.

Contents:

Front Matter

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

List of Tables

List of Illustrations

Why Invisible?

Social Participation and Ethnic Identity

Historical Perspectives

Patterns of Settlement in Toronto

The Magnet of Economic Security

Religious Values and Ethnic Nationalism

Between Two Cultures: The Bilingual Schools

French as Mother Tongue

Choosing Associates and Friends

Use of the Communications Media

Prospects for Survival

Postscript 1976: The Trends of a Decade, 1966-1976

Bibliography

Notes:

Originally presented as the author's thesis. University of Toronto.

Includes bibliography: p. [169]-174.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786613810472

9781282232730

1282232738

9780889207097

0889207097

OCLC:

243578090