Second promised land : migration to Alberta and the transformation of Canadian society /

Combining statistical analysis and ethnographic study, Harry Hiller uncovers two waves of in-migration to Alberta. His innovative approach begins with the individual migrant and analyzes the relocation experience from origin to destination. Through interviews with hundreds of migrants, Hiller shows...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hiller, Harry H., 1942-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montréal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2009
Temas:
Migration, Internal > Canada.
Migration intérieure > Canada.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Migration, Internal
Population
Alberta > Population.
Alberta > Economic conditions > 1991-
Alberta > Social conditions > 1991-
Alberta > Conditions économiques > 1991-
Alberta > Conditions sociales > 1991-
Alberta
Canada
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Migration to Alberta in perspective
  • 2. The old west and the new west
  • 3. The two waves of in-migration
  • 4. The role of energy hydrocarbons
  • 5. Migration as voluntaristic behavior
  • 6. The migrant and the migration process
  • 7. Migration as negotiating place
  • 8. The context of out-migration
  • 9. The migrant encounters the destination
  • 10. Social capital and adjustment at the destination
  • 11. Women and migration
  • 12. The Internet and migration
  • 13. The three island thesis : folk culture and the myth of return
  • 14. The effect of migration on origin communities
  • 15. Reassessing migration
  • 16. Conclusion.

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