Swedes in Canada : Invisible Immigrants /

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Using extensive archival and demographic research, Barr explores both the impressive Swedish legacy in Canada and the reasons for their invisibility as an immigrant community.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barr, Elinor, 1933- (Author)
Other Authors: Wilkins, Charles
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : University of Toronto Press, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Swedes.
Emigration and immigration.
HISTORY / General
HISTORY > Canada > General.
Suedois > Canada > Histoire.
Swedish Canadians > History.
Swedes > Canada > History.
Sweden.
Canada.
Sweden > Emigration and immigration.
Canada > Emigration and immigration.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Under an invisibility cloak
  • 2. Emigration from Sweden, immigration to Canada
  • 3. Immigrants
  • 4. Settlement patterns
  • 5. Religion
  • 6. World wars
  • 7. The Swedish press
  • 8. The depression, strikes, and unions
  • 9. Earning a living
  • 10. A woman's place
  • 11. Swedishness in Canada
  • 12. Links with Sweden
  • 13. Language, discrimination, and assimilation
  • 14. Literature
  • 15. Emerging visibility
  • Appendices.

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