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Harvest of Stones : The German Settlement in Renfrew County /

Driven by Bismarck's wars and by economic hardship, hundreds of people left eastern Germany between 1858 and 1890 to settle in Canada. Using their objects and stories, Lee-Whiting brings to life the culture of a people transplanted to a region that challenged them and met with resilience and re...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Lee-Whiting, Brenda, 1929-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, 1985.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; PREFACE; 1 Opening up Renfrew County; 2 Bismarck's legacy; 3 Taming the land; 4 Buildings for a new life; 5 Hand-spun comfort; 6 In the German immigrant's home; 7 Furniture-makers in a new land; 8 New horizons, painful exile; 9 The German heritage; Epilogue; APPENDIX A German surnames in Renfrew County cemeteries; APPENDIX B Wendish surnames in Renfrew County; APPENDIX C Agricultural capability of Renfrew County soil; NOTES; INDEX