Harvest of Stones : The German Settlement in Renfrew County /

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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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Main Author: Lee-Whiting, Brenda, 1929-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, 1985.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Germans > Ontario > Renfrew County > History.
Germans.
Frontier and pioneer life.
HISTORY > Canada > General.
Allemands > Ontario > Renfrew (Comte) > Histoire.
Vie des pionniers > Ontario > Renfrew (Comte)
Allemands > Ontario > Renfrew (Comte)
Frontier and pioneer life > Ontario > Renfrew (County)
Germans > Ontario > Renfrew (County) > History.
Canada, Ontario, Renfrew > History.
Ontario > Renfrew (County)
Renfrew (Ont. : County) > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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

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