Dutch Roots Proud Canadians

Author : Betty Thomson,Adrian VanBerkel,Toosje Van de Sande
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798485672614

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Dutch Roots - Proud Canadians by Betty Thomson,Adrian VanBerkel,Toosje Van de Sande Pdf

After WWII Canada received an influx of Dutch immigrants. Some settled in the eastern regions of Nova Scotia. There were many reasons why the Dutch left their land of birth in search of new opportunities. The trip across the turbulent Atlantic, often in converted troop ships, was for many a most memorable experience. The Dutch immigrants faced many challenges: new language, different cultures, the feeling of isolation and the harsh winters. With determination and hard work, they succeeded in becoming an integral part of the communities in which they settled. "wat hebben zij toch veel meegemaakt" Dutch Roots - Proud Canadians was written by Dutch-born children of immigrants who were able to identify with many of the experiences. The authors are passionate about having the immigration story recorded for future generations.

Author : Frans J. Schryer
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780889206175

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The Netherlandic Presence in Ontario by Frans J. Schryer Pdf

Schryer’s central argument is that ethnic groups are as much modern “myths” as they are integral components of a socially constructed reality. Focusing on the large cohort of immigrants from the Netherlands and the former Dutch East Indies who arrived in Canada between 1947 and 1960, Schryer shows how the Dutch, despite a loss of ethnic identity and a high level of linguistic assimilation, replicated many aspects of their homeland. While illustrating and illuminating the diversity among immigrants sharing a common national origin, Schryer keeps sight of what is common among them. In doing so, he shows how deeply ingrained habits were modified in a Canadian context, resulting in both continuities and discontinuities. The result is a variegated image reflecting a multidimensional reality.

Author : Herman Ganzevoort
Publisher : University of Calgary Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 9781552380130

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The Last Illusion by Herman Ganzevoort Pdf

Until now, information about Dutch immigration to Canada has been scarce as much was lost during the German occupation of Holland during World War II. However, Herman Ganzevoort was able to unearth and translate rare letters and articles written by Dutch immigrants during the 1920s, which offer new insight into the struggles the Dutch faced to fit into their new country. The letters opened up the inner dimensions of the immigrants: the reasons for their emigration, their hopes, their fears, and, best of all, their experiences in Canada. These images are not reminiscences screened and filtered by the passage of time but are immediate and compelling. The writers of The Last Illusion: Letters from Dutch Immigrants in the "Land of Opportunity" 1924-1930 shared their feelings and showed an openness that was uncommon in their culture and time. Their words describe the pain caused by separation and loss, and the sense of shared joy and exhilaration when goals were reached.

Author : Olga Rains
Publisher : Hyde Park, Ont. : Overnight Copy Service
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Canada
ISBN : 9094004704

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We Became Canadians by Olga Rains Pdf

Dutch warbrides come to Canada and tell their stories.

Author : Herman Ganzevoort,Mark Boekelman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X000742509

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Dutch Immigration to North America by Herman Ganzevoort,Mark Boekelman Pdf

Author : Anne van Arragon Hutten
Publisher : Kentville, N.S. : North Mountain Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Canada
ISBN : 0968010717

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Uprooted by Anne van Arragon Hutten Pdf

Author : Leen D'Haenens
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Canada
ISBN : 9780776604893

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Images of Canadianness by Leen D'Haenens Pdf

Images of Canadianness offers backgrounds and explanations for a series of relevant--if relatively new--features of Canada, from political, cultural, and economic angles. Each of its four sections contains articles written by Canadian and European experts that offer original perspectives on a variety of issues: voting patterns in English-speaking Canada and Quebec; the vitality of French-language communities outside Quebec; the Belgian and Dutch immigration waves to Canada and the resulting Dutch-language immigrant press; major transitions taking place in Nunavut; the media as a tool for self-government for Canada's First Peoples; attempts by Canadian Indians to negotiate their position in society; the Canada-US relationship; Canada's trade with the EU; and Canada's cultural policy in the light of the information highway.

Author : Will. C. VanDenHoonaard,Willy Carl Van den Hoonaard
Publisher : Fredericton, N.B. : New Ireland
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Dutch
ISBN : IND:30000036563561

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Silent Ethnicity by Will. C. VanDenHoonaard,Willy Carl Van den Hoonaard Pdf

Author : Michiel Horn
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0802078400

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Becoming Canadian by Michiel Horn Pdf

Becoming Canadian reveals how Michiel Horn, a Dutch immigrant in Canada in the 1950's, adjusted to the process of cultural assimilation. Horn tries to make sense of the immigrant impulse to integrate socially while maintaining a respect for heritage.

Author : John H. Dortmans
Publisher : Burlington, Ont. : J.H. Dortmans
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Dutch
ISBN : 0969880308

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Brabanders in Canada by John H. Dortmans Pdf

Author : Paul Basu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2007-03-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135391959

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Highland Homecomings by Paul Basu Pdf

The first full-length ethnographic study of its kind, Highland Homecomings examines the role of place, ancestry and territorial attachment in the context of a modern age characterized by mobility and rootlessness. With an interdisciplinary approach, speaking to current themes in anthropology, archaeology, history, historical geography, cultural studies, migration studies, tourism studies, Scottish studies, Paul Basu explores the journeys made to the Scottish Highlands and Islands to undertake genealogical research and seek out ancestral sites. Using an innovative methodological approach, Basu tracks journeys between imagined homelands and physical landscapes and argues that through these genealogical journeys, individuals are able to construct meaningful self-narratives from the ambiguities of their diasporic migrant histories, and recover their sense of home and self-identity. This is a significant contribution to popular and academic Scottish studies literature, particularly appealing to popular and academic audiences in USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Scotland

Author : Gordon Oosterman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 103 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Dutch
ISBN : OCLC:70507497

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To Find a Better Life by Gordon Oosterman Pdf

Author : Matthew Gaasenbeek
Publisher : Cybercom
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0981359337

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An Immigrant's Story by Matthew Gaasenbeek Pdf

Gaasenbeek's story begins with the Second World War Nazi occupation of Holland and continues through his emigration and life in Canada. He shares the influences of those years in shaping the person he is today.

Author : Barry Broadfoot
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UVA:X001217743

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The Immigrant Years by Barry Broadfoot Pdf

Author : Jaap Jacobs
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 0801475163

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The Colony of New Netherland by Jaap Jacobs Pdf

The Dutch involvement in North America started after Henry Hudson, sailing under a Dutch flag in 1609, traveled up the river that would later bear his name. The Dutch control of the region was short-lived, but had profound effects on the Hudson Valley region. In The Colony of New Netherland, Jaap Jacobs offers a comprehensive history of the Dutch colony on the Hudson from the first trading voyages in the 1610s to 1674, when the Dutch ceded the colony to the English. As Jacobs shows, New Netherland offers a distinctive example of economic colonization and in its social and religious profile represents a noteworthy divergence from the English colonization in North America. Centered around New Amsterdam on the island of Manhattan, the colony extended north to present-day Schenectady, New York, east to central Connecticut, and south to the border shared by Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, leaving an indelible imprint on the culture, political geography, and language of the early modern mid-Atlantic region. Dutch colonists' vivid accounts of the land and people of the area shaped European perceptions of this bountiful land; their own activities had a lasting effect on land use and the flora and fauna of New York State, in particular, as well as on relations with the Native people with whom they traded. Sure to become readers' first reference to this crucial phase of American early colonial history, The Colony of New Netherland is a multifaceted and detailed depiction of life in the colony, from exploration and settlement through governance, trade, and agriculture. Jacobs gives a keen sense of the built environment and social relations of the Dutch colonists and closely examines the influence of the church and the social system adapted from that of the Dutch Republic. Although Jacobs focuses his narrative on the realities of quotidian existence in the colony, he considers that way of life in the broader context of the Dutch Atlantic and in comparison to other European settlements in North America.