The People of New France

"The People of New France" is a book of Canadian history during the 17^th and 18^th Centuries written by Allan Greer and published by the University of Toronto Press in 1997 as part of the "Themes in Canadian History" series. [ [http://www.utppublishing.com/pubstore/merchant.ihtml?pid=7264&lastcatid=133&step=4 Publisher's on-line record] ] Unlike works of history that focus on the political histories of government officials and the clergy, Greer focuses on the day-to-day reality of living in French colonial Canada. One 2007 review of the book describes the treatment as focusing on...

...colonial society "as it was" by examining the "frameworks of ordinary life" - death, birth, marriage, food, race, class. [cite news
first = Ian | last = Stewart
title = The People of New France. (Themes in Canadian History Series)
url = http://www.umanitoba.ca/cm/vol4/no18/peopleofnewfrance.html
work = Reviews | publisher = CM Magazine
date = 1998-05-08 | accessdate = 2007-10-27 ]

"The People of New France" has been recognized by Canadian academics as a noteworthy addition to the writings on Canadian history through incorporation into college and high school level coursework. The work is used in a history course at Northern Lights College [cite web
url = http://www.nlc.bc.ca/library/OnlineReadingRoom/CourseHIST103_000.htm
title = HIST 103 - Canadian History: Pre-Confederation
accessdate = 2007-10-27|date = 2007-10-12
work = Online Reading Room
publisher = Northern Lights College] and is a required textbook in a history course taught since 2005 in the distance-learning program of the University of British Columbia. [cite web
url = http://olt.ubc.ca/distance_learning/courses/course_catalog/?CA=30369
title = HIST329
accessdate = 2007-10-27|year = 2007
author = Robert|last = McDonald
work = Course Catalog
publisher = University of British Columbia] The work was also included in the 2003 Historica Summer Institute, an annual program aimed at providing high school teachers from across Canada with "strategies and perspectives for teaching Canadian history". [cite press release
title = Common People, Society and the Metropolis
publisher = Historica
date = 2003-06-23 | accessdate = 2007-10-27
url = http://www.histori.ca/release.do;jsessionid=ADEC009185C0BA47660F8BB568CF19CC.tomcat1?id=12475 ]

This book was also a component of the reading list for a course on New France at Queen's University in Kingston, HIST 350.

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