Canadian Migration Patterns from Britain and North AmericaBarbara Jane Messamore From refugee policy to migration songs, this unique collection of essays demonstrates how important immigration and ties to other parts of the world are to Canadians and to the Canadian identity. Contributors explore how migration has been a key issue in Canada's social, economic, political, and cultural life. |
Contents
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| 13 | |
Late Loyalists or Early Immigrants? | 33 |
The Myth of the Great Upper Canadian Emigration of 1838 | 45 |
Regional Patterns of English Immigration and Settlement in Upper Canada | 51 |
The Petworth Emigration Scheme | 91 |
Letters Home from Wiltshire and Somerset Emigrants to Upper Canada 18301832 | 101 |
The Pilkington and Smith Descendants Return to Canada | 121 |
One British Familys Response to Social Attitudes in British Columbia c 18901914 | 161 |
Illustrations | 171 |
Attitudes towards Immigrants in a Canadian City 18901918 | 183 |
Irish Emigration to Canada in the 1950s | 201 |
Women Gays and Lesbians in 1990s Canada | 207 |
The Role of Returns to Skill | 229 |
Migrant Imaginings and Atlantic Canadian Regionalisms | 245 |
Songs of Migration | 263 |
The Achomer Crerars Migration to the Canadas | 135 |
How to Survive in the West Young Woman | 145 |
Contributors | 291 |
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