A Nation of Immigrants - 9780802074829

A Nation of ImmigrantsWomen, Workers, and Communities in Canadian History, 1840s-1960s\nAuthor(s): Franca Iacovetta, Paula Draper, Robert Ventresca\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press, Canada\nImprint: University of Toronto Press\nISBN-13: 9780802074829, 978-0802074829\nSynopsis\nThis collection brings together a wide array of writings on Canadian immigrant history, including many highly regarded, influential essays. Though most of the chapters have been previously published, the editors have also commissioned original contributions on understudied topics in the field. \n\n The readings highlight the social history of immigrants, their pre-migration traditions as well as migration strategies and Canadian experiences, their work and family worlds, and their political, cultural, and community lives. They explore the public display of ethno-religious rituals, race riots, and union protests; the quasi-private worlds of all-male boarding-houses and of female domesti.