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  2. Franco American literature - Wikipedia

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    By the end of the 19th century, French-language newspapers abounded in New England, and in their pages works of fiction were published in installments as serial novels.The term feuilleton, though more broadly used to describe a woman's section or supplementary column in French-language newspapers with non-political news, became synonymous with this type of fiction in the context Franco ...

  3. List of place names of French origin in the United States

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    Nine state capitals are French words or of French origin (Baton Rouge, Boise, Des Moines, Juneau, Montgomery, Montpelier, Pierre, Richmond, Saint Paul) - not even counting Little Rock (originally "La Petite Roche") or Cheyenne (a French rendering of a Lakota word). Fifteen state names are either French words / origin (Delaware, New Jersey ...

  4. New England French - Wikipedia

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    The Bulletin de la Société Historique Franco-américaine for 1943, one of many institution created from La Survivance. Beginning in the late 1840s, greater numbers of French Canadians began to settle in the States, at first for seasonal agricultural jobs, and then eventually brought in by horse and later train, to serve as factory workers for the large mill towns being built by the Boston ...

  5. List of fictional countries in the Americas - Wikipedia

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    Commonwealth of American States (CAS): Fictional country located in the territory of what was once the United States in Arthur C. Clarke's The Hammer of God. Its capital is located in Washington , its legislature is called the General Assembly whose members are referred to as senators, and West America is one of its constituent regions [ 1 ] [ 2 ]

  6. Category:French-American culture by state - Wikipedia

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    French-American culture in New York (state) (2 C, 10 P) O. French-American culture in Ohio (21 P) French-American culture in Oregon (2 C) P. French-American culture ...

  7. French literature - Wikipedia

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    French contemporary literature workshop with Marc Avelot, Philippe Binant, Bernard Magné, Claudette Oriol-Boyer, Jean Ricardou, Cerisy (France), 1980. For most of the 20th century, French authors had more Literature Nobel Prizes than those of any other nation. [6] The following French or French language authors have won a Nobel Prize in ...

  8. Southern United States literature - Wikipedia

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    Southern United States literature consists of American literature written about the Southern United States or by writers from the region. Literature written about the American South first began during the colonial era , and developed significantly during and after the period of slavery in the United States .

  9. French Americans - Wikipedia

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    During this period, the city's French Quarter was established, along with important businesses and institutions such as the Boudin Bakery and French Hospital. Since the US was in high demand for labor between 1921 and 1931, it resulted in an estimated 2 million French immigrants coming to America for jobs.