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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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Buffalo :
University of Toronto Press,
1985.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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