View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by University of Maine Maine History Volume 26 Number 3 Article 2 1-1-1987 Quebec in the United States: A Historiographical Survey Yves Roby Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainehistoryjournal Part of the Canadian History Commons, and the United States History Commons Recommended Citation Roby, Yves. "Quebec in the United States: A Historiographical Survey." Maine History 26, 3 (1987): 126-159. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainehistoryjournal/vol26/iss3/2 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@UMaine. It has been accepted for inclusion in Maine History by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UMaine. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. YVES ROBY QUEBEC IN THE UNITED STATES: A HISTORIOGRAPHICAL SURVEY During the period 1840-1930 approximately 900,000 peo ple left Quebec for the United States, most of them settling in the main industrial centers of the northeastern states. This event is rich in documentation. Hundreds, not to say thou sands, of commentaries, studies, and analyses were left to us by the observers, the witnesses, and the actors in this epic adven ture.1 Nevertheless, authors describing the general history of immigration to the United States traditionally ignored the Franco-American experience or mentioned it only in a few casual footnote references.2 Only recently has French- Canadian migration attracted the attention of Canadian and American university scholars. Today, a constantly increasing number of specialized studies is appearing on both sides of the border.