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13 of the Best Books and Articles on: Canadian Immigration History

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1.

Post-War Immigrants in Canada » Read Now
by Anthony H. Richmond. 320 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library
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North to Canada: Men and Women against the Vietnam War » Read Now
by James Dickerson. 199 pgs.

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While we may never know the exact number of Americans who chose Canada over Vietnam, an estimated half-million men and women went north as a result of their opposition to the war. Despite President Ford's amnesty and President Carter's pardon, some of these exiles never returned. This book, which...
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While we may never know the exact number of Americans who chose Canada over Vietnam, an estimated half-million men and women went north as a result of their opposition to the war. Despite President Ford's amnesty and President Carter's pardon, some of these exiles never returned. This book, which focuses upon those who remained in Canada, offers a resister's eye view of the most traumatic war in American history. Dickerson blends resister interviews with an account of the historical events that served as watersheds for these young Americans.
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A Flannel Shirt and Liberty: British Emigrant Gentlewomen in the Canadian West, 1880-1914 » Read Now
by Susan Jackel. 232 pgs.

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A White Man's Province: British Columbia Politicians and Chinese and Japanese Immigrants, 1858-1914 » Read Now
by Patricia E. Roy. 334 pgs.

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British Emigration to British North America: The First Hundred Years » Read Now
by Helen I. Cowan. 324 pgs.

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Contact and Conflict: Indian-European Relations in British Columbia, 1774-1890 » Read Now
by Robin Fisher. 252 pgs.

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The Goals of Canada's Immigration Policy: A Historical Perspective, in Canadian Journal of Urban Research » Read Now
by Gree David, Alan G. Green. 38 pgs.

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Fleeing the Famine: North America and Irish Refugees, 1845-1851(Chap. 4 "An Unprecedented Influx: Nativism and Irish Famine Immigration to Canada") » Read Now
by Margaret M. Mulrooney. 154 pgs.

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The Irish Potato Famine caused the migration of more than two million individuals who sought refuge in the United States and Canada. In contrast to previous studies, which have tended to focus on only one destination, this collection allows readers to evaluate the experience of transatlantic Famine...
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The Irish Potato Famine caused the migration of more than two million individuals who sought refuge in the United States and Canada. In contrast to previous studies, which have tended to focus on only one destination, this collection allows readers to evaluate the experience of transatlantic Famine refugees in a comparative context. Featuring new and innovative scholarship by both established and emerging scholars of Irish America and Irish Canada, it carefully dissects the connection that arose between Ireland and North America during the famine years (1845-1851).
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A New Lease on Life: Landlords, Tenants, and Immigrants in Ireland and Canada » Read Now
by Catharine Anne Wilson. 315 pgs.

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In Search of a Better Life: Perspectives on Migration from the Caribbean (Chap. 4 "Education and Qualifications of Caribbean Immigrants and Their Children in Britain and Canada") » Read Now
by Ransford W. Palmer. 185 pgs.

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This volume's contributors examine the factors that have motivated the historic movement of Caribbean people from their island economies; their social, economic, and cultural adaptation to their new environments; and the impact of the 1986 U.S. immigration laws. Among the issues discussed are the...
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This volume's contributors examine the factors that have motivated the historic movement of Caribbean people from their island economies; their social, economic, and cultural adaptation to their new environments; and the impact of the 1986 U.S. immigration laws. Among the issues discussed are the economic conditions that heralded the mass migration of Caribbean labor in the 19th century, differences in educational performance of immigrants in the U.S. and Britain, the characteristics of illegal migration from the Caribbean to the United States, and the tensions that arise as immigrant households adjust to their new environment.
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East Asian and European Entrepreneur Immigrants in British Columbia, Canada: Post-migration Conduct and Pre-migration Context, in Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies » Read Now
by Karl Froschauer. 16 pgs.

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Transnational Geographies: Indian Immigration to Canada, in The Canadian Geographer » Read Now
by Margaret Walton-Roberts. 16 pgs.

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State-Society Relations in the Making of Canadian Immigration Policy during the Mulroney Era, in The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology » Read Now
by John W.P. Veugelers. 23 pgs.

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