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Abolished in 1854, the seigneurial regime left a remarkable imprint in the Province of Quebec by perpetuating rents and seigniorial lands. The seigneur/censitaire relationship and the seigneurial way of life persisted into the late twentieth century in many communities. This article is part of a research on seigneurial persistence in contemporary Quebec and aims to analyze seigneurial memory. It stems from an oral histor”y project with seigneurial families throughout the St. Lawrence Valley. It postulates the existence of a distinctive family culture characterized in particular by a continuance of seigneurial practices and uses, a distinctive sense of otherness in the Quebec countryside, and a family memory revealing seigneurial values brought and transmitted by the descendants of these families, be they nobles or commoners, francophones or anglophones.
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Keywords: autrices, XVII siècle, paratextes, ironie, humour
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AbstractThe pull of the United States on professionals and scientists has often been considered as crucial in the distribution of talent throughout the world. Using the results of two surveys conducted in 1967-1968 among Canadian professionals, scientists and technicians, the author proposes to evaluate the relative importance of the different elements affecting the emigration of Canadian professionals to the United States. He finds that having studied in the United States is the most important factor in the decision to look for full time employment there and that persons having studied at the higher levels are the most likely to emigrate. French Canadians and persons not born in North America are less likely to emigrate than others. Moreover, the chances of returning to Canada are inversely proportional to the length of employment in the United States, and whereas students at the doctorate level are the most likely to emigrate, they are also those who are the least likely to come back to the country.
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