Review Essay: GOSNELL, JONATHAN. Franco-America in the Making: The Creole Nation Within. (France Overseas: Studies in Empire and Decolonization.) Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2018. Pp. 347. ISBN-10: 978-0803285279 VERMETTE, DAVID. A Distinct Alien Race: The Untold Story of Franco-Americans. Industrialization, Immigration, Religious Strife. Montréal: Baraka Books, 2018. Pp. 388. ISBN-13: 978-1771861496

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