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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806975003321

Autore

Barber Marilyn

Titolo

Invisible immigrants : the English in Canada since 1945 / / Marilyn Barber and Murray Watson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Winnipeg, Manitoba : , : University of Manitoba Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-88755-498-9

0-88755-500-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Collana

Studies in Immigration and Culture

Disciplina

971/.00421

Soggetti

English - Canada - History - 20th century

Immigrants - Canada - History - 20th century

Oral history - Canada

Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Studies in Immigration and Culture Series; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; The strengths and limitations of oral history; Chapter 1: Migration and Society in the Postwar Years; Chapter 2: Why Emigrate? Why Canada?; Chapter 3: Crossing the Atlantic; Chapter 4: Adaptation; Chapter 5: Earning a Living; Chapter 6: Home, Family, Community; Chapter 7: National Identity; Afterword; Acknowledgements; Notes; Introduction; Chapter 1: Migration and Society in the Postwar Years; Chapter 2: Why Emigrate? Why Canada?; Chapter 3: Crossing the Atlantic; Chapter 4: Adaptation

Chapter 5: Earning a LivingChapter 6: Home, Family, Community; Chapter 7: National Identity; Afterword; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Despite being one of the largest immigrant groups contributing to the development of modern Canada, the story of the English has been all but untold. In Invisible immigrants, Marilyn Barber and Murray Watson document the experiences of English-born immigrants who chose to come to Canada during England's last major wave of emigration between the 1940s and the 1970s. Engaging life story oral histories reveal the aspirations, adventures, occasional naiveté, and challenges



of these hidden immigrants.--