For the temporary accommodation of settlers : architecture and immigrant reception in Canada, 1870-1930 /
"For immigrants making the transoceanic journey from Europe or Asia to North America, the experience of a new country began when they disembarked. In Canada the federal government built a network of buildings that provided newcomers with shelter, services, and state support. "Immigration s...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
[2021]
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Colección: | McGill-Queen's/Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation studies in art history.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- "For the temporary accommodation of settlers"
- Dominion government pier buildings : immigrants arrive in Canadian ports
- Coastal quarantine stations and defence against disease
- Heading west : early immigration halls
- Prairie immigration halls in a new era of reception
- Canadian immigration architectures of inspection, detention, and deportation.