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St. Denis, a French-Canadian parish.

Title
St. Denis, a French-Canadian parish.
Author
Miner, Horace (Horace Mitchell), 1912-1993.
Publication
[Chicago] University of Chicago Press [1963, ©1939]

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Description
xix, 299 pages illustrations, maps; 21 cm
Series Statement
Phoenix books ; P108
Uniform Title
Phoenix books (Chicago, Ill.) ; P108.
Subject
  • French-Canadians
  • Manners and customs
  • Sociale verandering
  • Dorpen
  • Gemeenschap (sociologie)
  • Saint-Denis (Kamouraska, Québec) > Social life and customs
  • Québec > Saint-Denis (Kamouraska)
Note
  • First published in 1939. Postscript (p. 255-269) deals with changes in the community since the original study.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 291-293.
Contents
1. History -- 2. The Land and the People of St. Denis -- 3. The Society Upon the Land -- 4. Kinship and the Family Cycle -- 5. The Role of Religion -- 6. The Mass -- 7. The Control of Nature -- 8. The Yearly Round -- 9. Childhood -- 10. From Marriage to Mourning -- 11. Old and New -- 12. Postscript -- App. I. Age-Sex Distribution of the Population of St. Denis, 1936 -- App. II. Traditional Cures and Remedies -- App. III. The Autobiography of an Habitant -- App. IV. Old and New Traits in St. Denis.
ISBN
  • 0226529932
  • 9780226529936
LCCN
  • 63013068
  • 6156298 1545892 +UKX
OCLC
  • ocm00531697
  • 531697
  • SCSB-228489
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