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Table of Contents

Abstract

Résumé

Acknowledgements

Introduction

John Willis

References

 

Part I

 

Introduction

Prehistoric Fish

Karen Ryan

 

Chapitre 1

Les Français dans les eaux nord-américaines au xvie siècle : un retour légitime sur le contexte de l’époque

Bernard Allaire

Introduction

Les Français à Terre-Neuve au début du xvie siècle

La volonté royale

Les facteurs de l’augmentation de la présence française

Les domaines d’exploitation lucratifs : morues, baleines et pelleteries

Conclusion et perspectives futures

La recherche transnationale

Ouvrages cités

 

Chapter 2

Fisher Men at Work: The Material Culture of the Champ Paya

Fishing Room as a Gendered Site

Peter E Pope

Introduction

Excavations at Champ Paya

Seasonal Fishing Rooms as Gendered Sites

The Material Expression of Gender

Far from Home

References

 

Chapter 3

Life in a French Atlantic Fishing Village: A Look at the Outports

of Île Royale 1713–1758

Anne Marie Lane Jonah, with Rebecca Dunham

Introduction

The North Atlantic Fishery

Leaving Newfoundland

Settling Île Royale

Settling the Outports

Habitants-pêcheurs and Fishermen

A Transatlantic Community/Cross-Cultural Encounters

The Impact of War

Beneath the Surface

References

 

Chapter 4

Bread Ovens and Baking in Nineteenth-Century Breton

Fishing Stations of Newfoundland

Geneviève Godbout

North Atlantic Fisheries

The Champ Paya Bread Oven

Bread and Baking in Modern Brittany

Complexity and Reciprocity

Acknowledgements

References

 

Chapter 5

The Atlantic Travels of Henri Brunet, a Migrant Merchant

in Seventeenth-Century French Newfoundland

Amanda Crompton

Fishing and Trading in Early Modern French Newfoundland

Brunet’s Papers

Brunet’s Business Associates

Traveller, Merchant, Mariner

People and Places in Newfoundland

Conclusion

Acknowledgements

References

 

Part II

Introduction:

Tobacco Teeth

Janet Young

 

Chapter 6

Smoking Pipes as Signifiers of French Creole Identity

Gregory A Waselkov

Introduction

The Creation of French North American Identities

Mi’kmaq-Style Smoking Pipes as Identity Signifiers

Southern Distribution of Mi’kmaq-Style Smoking Pipes

Louisiane

Le Pays des Illinois

Reconsidering Mi’kmaq-Style Pipes

Acknowledgements

References

 

Chapitre 7

Les « batteaux plats » de Nouvelle‑France

Charles Dagneau  

Introduction

La construction des batteaux plats

Une production continue et standardisée

L’utilisation des batteaux plats

Une embarcation adaptée à son environnement

Les batteaux du roi : une réalité coloniale nord-américaine

Conclusion

Ouvrages cités

 

Chapter 8

If These Pots Could Talk: French Stoneware in Eastern Canada,

circa 1540–1760

Mélanie J Gervais

Introduction

Methodology

Characterization of French Stoneware

Technical Aspects, Forms, and Functions

French Production Regions

The Distribution of French Stoneware in Quebec

Provenance Regions in France

French Stoneware Outside Quebec

Contexts of Use of French Stoneware

Fisheries

Transatlantic and Colonial Trade

Settlement and Religious Institutions

Conclusion

Acknowledgements

References

 

Chapitre 9

Habitants, autorités et délits en Nouvelle-France :

les Montréalais et la traite des fourrures

Léon Robichaud

Introduction

Définir la norme locale, 1642-1668

L’ingérence des gouverneurs, 1668-1685

Les défis de la répression, 1685-1703

Conclusion

Ouvrages cités

 

Chapter 10

Glimpses from Both Sides of the Palisade: Historic Archaeology

at Fort Churchill or New Severn Post (GlIw-1)

Jean-Luc Pilon

Introduction

Locating Fort Churchill or New Severn Post (GlIw-1)

GlIw-1—History  

Ancient History

A) A continuously changing landscape

B) An ancient human presence

C) Washahoe Inninou: the people of the Severn River

Recent History

A) Initial European references to the Severn River

B) The Short Life of Fort Churchill or New Severn Post  

C) Archaeological investigations at GlIw-1; Fort Churchill

or New Severn Post rises from the ashes  

The Archaeology inside the Palisade––GlIw-1, Feature A

Excavation Areas and Collection Context  

The Collection

A) Clasp knife  

B) Rings  

C) Coarse earthenware  

D) Faunal remains  

Discussion

The Archaeology outside the Palisade––Feature B

Feature B, Western Area

A) Stratigraphy and artifact distribution (see table 101, fig 1012)

B) A European feature

C) Artifacts––Level IV, all categories

Feature B––Eastern Area

A) Stratigraphy and artifact distribution (table 102, fig 1019)

Discussion

From Both Sides of the Palisade

Practical Considerations

Complicating Factors

Comparisons

A) Kaolin pipes

B) Glass beads

C) Firearms and ammunition

D) Tinkling cones

E) Re-purposed metal knife

F) Glass bottles

G) Items of Indigenous manufacture inside the palisade

Discussion

Some Considerations

Final Thoughts

Acknowledgements References

 

Part III

Introduction

Petit à petit, une faïence révèle ses secrets

Jean-François Lozier

 

Chapitre 11

Phases de développement de l’art populaire québécois

Jean-François Blanchette

Préambule

Introduction

L’art populaire ancré dans la tradition

L’art populaire au goût de l’« autre »

L’art populaire indiscipliné

Mimétisme de l’art populaire

L’art populaire impopulaire : le graffiti  

Conclusion

Ouvrages cités

 

Chapitre 12

Une typologie des croix de chemin dans le comté de Mégantic

Vanessa Oliver-Lloyd

Le phénomène des croix de chemin au Québec

Identification du corpus et méthodologie

Corpus

Méthodologie

Typologie des croix de chemin du comté de Mégantic

Matériau de construction

Décoration des pièces constitutives et des extrémités

Décoration du centre de la croix

Décorations fixées sur la traverse

Décorations fixées sur le pal

La croix de chemin comme manifestation de la culture populaire

Les types de croix selon le motif d’érection

Les croix de chemin du comté de Mégantic

1 La croix votive

2 La croix talismanique

3 La croix commémorative

4 Motifs « autres »

Conclusion

Ouvrages cités

 

Chapter 13

Layers of Talk and Time: Reconsidering Canadian Communication

from New France to 1914

John Willis

Introduction

New France

Lower Canada: Communication in the Nineteenth Century

British North America: Overt and Covert Mail

The Border  

The West

The Old West

Take-Over of the Old West

The New West: A New Layer of Civilization

Edmonton: Instant City

Conclusion

References


Contributors

Index to English Chapters

Index des chapitres français 

About the Author

John Willis is Curator of Economic History at the Canadian Museum of History. A graduate of Universite Laval, with a doctorate in historical geography, Dr. Willis has worked on the history of labour relations, the mail-order catalogue, postal communication, migration and industrialization. His current work focuses on the history of the Canadian-American border. He is editor of the Mercury Series and an adjunct research professor of History at Carleton University.

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