Canada's diverse peoples a reference sourcebook
Title:
Canada's diverse peoples a reference sourcebook
Author:
Bumsted, J. M.
ISBN:
9781576076736
9781280711039
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Publication Information:
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2003.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xix, 361 p.) : ill., maps.
Series:
Ethnic diversity within nations
Ethnic diversity within nations.
General Note:
Includes graphical cross-reference mapper.
Contents:
The first immigrants: the Aboriginal people before 1500 -- The "founding peoples" -- French Canadians, Acadians, Métis, and first nations, 1760-1815 -- Yankees, loyalists, and highland Scots, 1759-1815 -- Imimigration to British North America, 1815-1867 -- Immigration and immigration policy, 1867-1914 -- Two wars and a depression, 1914-1945 -- An immigration from Europe, 1946-1962 -- Redefining immigration and ethnic/cultural policy, 1960-1975 -- Since 1975 -- The new ethnic groups in Canada since 1967 -- The future.
Abstract:
From Canada's profound racism in the 19th and early 20th centuries to its radical shift in immigration policy in the 1960s, this one-of-a-kind reference explores the past 1,000 years of ethnicity in Canada.--Publisher's description.
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Electronic Access:
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