Building Nations from Diversity by Garth Stevenson - 9780773543867

Building Nations from DiversityCanadian and American Experience Compared\nAuthor(s): Garth Stevenson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, Canada\nImprint: McGill-Queen's University Press\nISBN-13: 9780773543867, 978-0773543867\nSynopsis\nBuilding Nations from Diversity explores the question of whether the Canadian \""mosaic\"" has differed from the American \""melting pot\"" and provides an informative comparison of both countries' historical and present-day similarities and differences. Garth Stevenson examines the origins of Canada and the United States and their past experiences with incorporating selected immigrant groups, particularly Irish, Chinese, and Jews. Establishing the foundational ways in which they placed new groups within their societies, Stevenson then outlines how the US and Canadian systems developed immigration policy and handled difference, detailing their treatment of \""enemy aliens\"" during both world wars, their experience with minority .