French Canadian Immigrants in the New England Cotton Industry: A Socioeconimic [Socioeconomic] ]Profile

Analyzes changes in French Canadian immigration to the New England cotton industry from 1900-29. Documents the slow-down in immigration flow after 1900, the low presence of newly arrived immigrants, and a sharp decline in the proportion of second-generation as compared to first-generation immigrants who were working in the textile mills. Concludes that the French Canadian immigrants were a much more stable workforce component than previously assumed, and that the industry appears not to have been as attractive to immigrants as it had been during the 1879-90 period.