Contents -- Introduction: The Peopling of French Canada -- Part I: Modernity -- 1. Regional Origins: Peasants or Frenchmen? -- 2. A Geography of Modernity: The Northwest -- 3. A Geography of Modernity: Non-Northwesterners and Women -- 4. An Urban Society: Class Structure and Occupational Distribution -- 5. Religious Diversity: Protestants, Jews, and Catholics -- 6. The Age of Adventure in an Age of Expansion -- Part II: Tradition -- 7. Traditional Patterns of Mobility -- 8. A Traditional Movement: Northwestern Emigration to Canada -- 9. A Traditional Movement: Emigration Outside the Northwest -- 10. The Canadian System of Recruitment -- Conclusion: Frenchmen into Peasants -- Notes -- Index.