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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Monteyne, David (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2021]
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.