Crofters and Habitants: Settler Society, Economy, and Culture in a Quebec Township, 1848-1881 - Studies on the History of Quebec / Etudes d’histoire du Quebec

In Crofters and Habitants, J. I. Little examines the ways in which two highly distinct social groups -- Gaelic-speaking crofters from the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides and French-speaking habitants from south of Quebec City -- adapted to a common physical environment in the rugged Appalachian plateau of south-eastern Quebec.