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Record Nr.

UNINA9910138899903321

Autore

Roberts Barbara Ann <1941-1998.>

Titolo

Whence They Came : Deportation from Canada 1900 - 1935 / / Barbara Roberts ; foreword by Irving Abella

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Les Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa | University of Ottawa Press, 1988

[Ottawa] : , : University of Ottawa Press, , 1988

©1988

ISBN

0-7766-2699-X

0-7766-1742-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (246 pages)

Disciplina

364.6/8

Soggetti

Deportation - Canada - History

Canada Emigration and immigration Government policy History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Bibliography: p. [237]-246.

Sommario/riassunto

Until recently, immigration policy was largely in the hands of a small group of bureaucrats, who strove desperately to fend off "offensive" peoples. Barbara Roberts explores these government officials, showing how they not only kept the doors closed but also managed to find a way to get rid of some of those who managed to break through their carefully guarded barriers. Robert's important book explores a dark history with an honest and objective style.