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Pier 21 : a history /

"Between 1928 and 1971, nearly one million immigrants landed in Canada at Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. During those years, it was one of the main ocean immigration facilities in Canada, including when it welcomed home nearly 400,000 Canadians after service overseas during the Second World W...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Schwinghamer, Steven, 1976- (Autor), Raska, Jan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ottawa, Ontario : University of Ottawa Press, 2020.
Colección:Mercury series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Half Title Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • CONTENTS
  • Land Acknowledgment
  • List of Illustrations
  • Introduction
  • CHAPTER 1 Immigrating to Canada through Pier 21, 1928-1971
  • CHAPTER 2 Pier 2 and the Early Years of Pier 21, 1890-1939
  • CHAPTER 3 Pier 21 at War, 1939-1946
  • CHAPTER 4 Height of Postwar Immigration at Pier 21, 1946-1955
  • CHAPTER 5 Final Years of Pier 21, 1955-1971
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Back Cover