Immigrants In Prairie Cities

Author : Royden Loewen,Gerald Friesen
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2009-11-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781442697140

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Immigrants in Prairie Cities by Royden Loewen,Gerald Friesen Pdf

Over the course of the twentieth century, sequential waves of immigrants from Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Africa settled in the cities of the Canadian Prairies. In Immigrants in Prairie Cities, Royden Loewen and Gerald Friesen analyze the processes of cultural interaction and adaptation that unfolded in these urban centres and describe how this model of diversity has changed over time. The authors argue that intimate Prairie cities fostered a form of social diversity characterized by vibrant ethnic networks, continuously evolving ethnic identities, and boundary zones that facilitated intercultural contact and hybridity. Impressive in scope, Immigrants in Prairie Cities spans the entire twentieth century, and encompasses personal testimonies, government perspectives, and even fictional narratives. This engaging work will appeal to both historians of the Canadian Prairies and those with a general interest in migration, cross-cultural exchange, and urban history.

Author : Royden Loewen,Gerald Friesen
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780802096098

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Immigrants in Prairie Cities by Royden Loewen,Gerald Friesen Pdf

In Immigrants in Prairie Cities, Royden Loewen and Gerald Friesen analyze the processes of cultural interaction and adaptation that unfolded in these urban centres and describe how this model of diversity has changed over time.

Author : Gerald Friesen
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 846 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1987-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0802066488

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The Canadian Prairies by Gerald Friesen Pdf

A history of the Canadian prairie provinces from the days of Native-European contact to the 1980s.

Author : Leen D'Haenens
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 40,5 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 : Anonim
Publisher : The Homeless Hub
Page : 781 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9780772714756

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Finding Home: Policy Options for Addressing Homelessness in Canada by Anonim Pdf

Author : Esyllt W. Jones,Gerald Friesen
Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780887553578

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Prairie Metropolis by Esyllt W. Jones,Gerald Friesen Pdf

At the turn of the twentieth century, Winnipeg was the fastest-growing city in North America. But its days as a diverse and culturally rich metropolis did not end when the boom collapsed. Prairie Metropolis brings together some of the best new graduate research on the history of Winnipeg and makes a groundbreaking contribution to the history of the city between 1900 and the 1980s. The essays in this collection explore the development of social institutions such as the city’s police force, juvenile court, health care institutions, volunteer organizations, and cultural centres. They offer critical analyses on ethnic, gender, and class inequality and conflict, while placing Winnipeg’s experiences in national and international contexts.

Author : R. Douglas Francis,Chris Kitzan
Publisher : University of Calgary Press
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9781552382301

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The Prairie West as Promised Land by R. Douglas Francis,Chris Kitzan Pdf

Millions of immigrants were attracted to the Canadian West by promotional literature from the government in the late 19th century to the First World War bringing with them visions of opportunity to create a Utopian society or a chance to take control of their own destinies.

Author : Glenda Tibe Bonifacio,Julie L. Drolet
Publisher : Springer
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319404240

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Canadian Perspectives on Immigration in Small Cities by Glenda Tibe Bonifacio,Julie L. Drolet Pdf

This book examines immigration to small cities throughout Canada. It explores the distinct challenges brought about by the influx of people to urban communities which typically have less than 100,000 residents. The essays are organized into four main sections: partnerships, resources, and capacities; identities, belonging, and social networks; health, politics, and diversity, and Francophone minority communities. Taken together, they provide a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary perspective on the contemporary realities of immigration to small urban locations. Readers will discover how different groups of migrants, immigrants, and Francophone minorities confront systemic discrimination; how settlement agencies and organizations develop unique strategies for negotiating limited resources and embracing opportunities brought about by changing demographics; and how small cities work hard to develop inclusive communities and respond to social exclusions. In addition, each essay includes a case study that highlights the topic under discussion in a particular city or region, from Brandon, Manitoba to the Thompson-Nicola Region in British Columbia, from Peterborough, Ontario to the Niagara Region. As a complement to metropolitan-based works on immigration in Canada, this collection offers an important dimension in migration studies that will be of interest to academics, researchers, as well as policymakers and practitioners working on immigrant integration and settlement.

Author : Navjot K. (Navjot Kaur) Lamba,Prairie Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Integration,Mulder, Marlene,Lori Wilkinson
Publisher : Edmonton, Alta. : Prairie Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Integration
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Immigrants
ISBN : 0968220711

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Immigrants and Ethnic Minorities on the Prairies : a Statistical Compendium by Navjot K. (Navjot Kaur) Lamba,Prairie Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Integration,Mulder, Marlene,Lori Wilkinson Pdf

Immigrants, ethnic minorities, prairies, statistics, ethnoculture, language, employment, income.

Author : Dirk Hoerder
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780773567986

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Creating Societies by Dirk Hoerder Pdf

Dirk Hoerder shows us that it is not shining railroad tracks or statesmen in Ottawa that make up the story of Canada but rather individual stories of life and labour - Caribbean women who care for children born in Canada, lonely prairie homesteaders, miners in Alberta and British Columbia, women labouring in factories, Chinese and Japanese immigrants carving out new lives in the face of hostility. Hoerder examines these individual experiences in Creating Societies, the first systematic overview of the total Canadian immigrant experience. Using letters, travel accounts, diaries, memoirs, and reminiscences, he brings the immigrant's experiences to life. Their writings, often recorded for grandchildren, neighbours, and sometimes a larger public, show how immigrant lives were entwined with the emerging Canadian society. Hoerder presents an important new picture of the emerging Canadian identity, dispelling the Canadian myth of a dichotomy between national unity and ethnic diversity and emphasizing the long-standing interaction between the members of a different ethnic groups.

Author : Odd S. Lovoll
Publisher : Minnesota Historical Society
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2007-08
Category : History
ISBN : 0873516036

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Norwegians on the Prairie by Odd S. Lovoll Pdf

A pioneering study that examines the social, cultural, and religious development of Norwegian Americans in the agricultural communities of rural Minnesota.

Author : Lesley Erickson
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2011-08-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780774818605

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Westward Bound by Lesley Erickson Pdf

Westward Bound debunks the myth of Canada’s peaceful West and the masculine conceptions of law and violence upon which it rests by shifting the focus from Mounties and whisky traders to criminal cases involving women between 1886 and 1940. Erickson’s analysis of these cases shows that, rather than a desire to protect, official responses to the most intimate or violent acts betrayed an impulse to shore up the liberal order by maintaining boundaries between men and women, Native people and newcomers, and capital and labour. Victims and accused could only hope to harness entrenched ideas about masculinity, femininity, race, and class in their favour. This fascinating exploration of hegemony and resistance in key contact zones draws prairie Canada into larger debates about law, colonialism, and nation building.

Author : Gerald Friesen
Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1996-12-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780887553622

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River Road by Gerald Friesen Pdf

The prairies are a focal point for momentous events in Canadian history, a place where two visions of Canada have often clashed: Louis Riel, the Manitoba School Question, French language rights, the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike, and the dramatic collapse of the Meech Lake Accord when MLA Elijah Harper voted “No.”Gerald Friesen believes that it is the responsibility of the historian to “tell local stories in terms and concepts that make plain their intrinsic value and worth, that explain the relationship between the past and the present.” For local experiences to have any relevant meaning, they must be put into the context of the wider world.These essays were written for the general reader and the academic historian. They include previously published works (many of them revised and updated) from a wide variety of sources, and new pieces written specifically for River Road, examining aspects of prairie and Manitoba history from many different perspectives. They offer portraits of representatives from different sides of the prairie experience, such as Bob Russell, radical socialist and leader of the 1919 General Strike, and J.H. Riddell, conservative Methodist minister who represented “sane and safe” stewardship in the 1920s and 1930s. They explore the changing relationship between Aboriginal peoples and the “dominant” society, from the prosperous Metis community that flourished along the Red River in the 19th century (and produced Manitoba’s first Metis premier) to the events that led to the Manitoba Aboriginal Justice Inquiry in the 1980s.Other essays consider new viewpoints of the prairie past, using the perspectives of ethnic and cultural history, women’s history, regional history, and labour history to raise questions of interpretation and context. The time frame considered is equally wide-ranging, from the Aboriginal and Red River society to the political arena of current constitutional debates.

Author : Gerald J. J. Tulchinsky,Gerald Tulchinsky
Publisher : Mississauga, Ont. : Copp Clark Longman
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015037497925

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Immigration in Canada by Gerald J. J. Tulchinsky,Gerald Tulchinsky Pdf

Chapters on: emigrants from France before 1760, Loyalists, Scots, Irish, Montreal Jews, Prairie Ukrainians, Winnipeg British, Chinese, Italians, Mennonites, and secrets of Canadian immigration policy.

Author : Randy William Widdis
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Canada
ISBN : 9780773517332

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With Scarcely a Ripple by Randy William Widdis Pdf

Widdis (geography, U. of Regina) combines descriptive exposition, quantitative tabulation, and structural analysis to cast new light on the settlement of the western parts of North America. Going beyond aggregate census data, he determines the geographical and social origins of migrants, the distance and direction of migration corridors, and geographical destinations in both the US and Canada. He finds that Anglo-Canadians were a much more diverse population than is generally supposed. Canadian card order number: C98-900675. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR