From sojourners to citizens : Alberta's Italian history /
From Sojourners to Citizens: Alberta's Italian History brings to life the untold story of Italian immigrants in Alberta from the 1880s to the present. It places them in the narrative of province building from work on railways, mines and other industries to breaking the land for agriculture. Ora...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Toronto ; Chicago :
Guernica Editions,
2021.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Essay series (Guernica (Firm)) ;
78. |
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| Summary: | From Sojourners to Citizens: Alberta's Italian History brings to life the untold story of Italian immigrants in Alberta from the 1880s to the present. It places them in the narrative of province building from work on railways, mines and other industries to breaking the land for agriculture. Oral history excerpts allow the men, women and children to speak for themselves. What emerges is an unquenchable desire to make good, and overcome intolerable working conditions and discrimination, which culminated with enemy alien designation and internment during the Second World War. The book also provides an exploration of the impact of Government of Canada's multicultural policy on the process of assimilation for the postwar influx of immigrants. It offers a prototype of an immigrant community's movement from marginalization to the mainstream. |
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| Physical Description: | 416 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-413). |
| ISBN: | 9781771836548 1771836547 |