Immigrants in Prairie Cities : : Ethnic Diversity in Twentieth-Century Canada / / Royden Loewen, Gerald Friesen.

• VerfasserIn: Loewen, Royden,; Friesen, Gerald,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2018]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (304 p.)

Over the course of the twentieth century, sequential waves of immigrants from Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Africa settled in the cities of the Canadian Prairies. In Immigrants in Prairie Cities, Royden Loewen and Gerald Friesen analyze the processes of cultural interaction and adaptation that un...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part One: Early Century: Ethnic Webs and Boundary Zones, 1900-1930s
• 1. The Ethnic 'Centre': Family, Religion, and Fraternity
• 2. Patterns of Confl ict and Adjustment in Winnipeg
• Part Two: Mid-Century: Urban Cross-Currents and Adaptation, 1940s-1960s
• 3. Ethnic Cross-Currents in Mid-Century Alberta and Saskatchewan
• 4. Accommodation in Winnipeg
• Part Three: Late Century: Globalization and the Prairie Newcomer, 1970s-1990s
• 5. The Global South in Calgary and Edmonton
• 6. Gender and Family in Hybrid Households
• 7. Racism, Anti-Racism, and Race in Winnipeg
• 8. Prairie Links in a Transnational Chain
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index