History of Immigration and Racism in Canada

Essential Readings

Häftad, Engelska, 2008

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Beskrivning

This outstanding collection examines the complex and disturbing history of immigration and racism in Canada. Major themes include Native/non-Native contact, migration and settlement in the nineteenth century, immigrant workers and radicalism, human rights, internment during WWII, and racism of the present day. The readings are divided into five cohesive sections: Natives and Newcomers in Early CanadaSpace and Racialized CommunitiesDangerous Others—Non-Citizens and the StateGate-keeping—Enemies Without and WithinThe Post-War Era—New Rights and New RacismsThis book is destined to make its mark in History departments across the country and will also be of interest to students and researchers in Canadian Studies, Sociology, Demography, Political Science, and Geography.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2008-03-31
Mått:171 x 248 x undefined mm
Vikt:500 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:305
Förlag:Canadian Scholars
ISBN:9781551303406

Utforska kategorier

Migration inom Samhälle och politik
Etnicitet inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Barrington Walker is Associate Professor in the Department of History at Queen's University. His research interests are Black Canadian history and the histories of race and immigration in Canada.

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I am delighted to have [this material] brought together in a single volume. This volume offers an exciting and compelling collection on a topic of great importance."" - Jordan Stanger-Ross, University of Victoria

Innehållsförteckning

Part I: Natives and Newcomers in Early ""Canada""Chapter 1: Canada When Europeans Arrived - Olive Patricia DickinsonChapter 2: Slavery, the Loyalists, and English Canada, 1760-1801 - Robin W. WinksChapter 3: Americans in Upper Canada, 1791-1812: ""Late Loyalists"" or Early Immigrants - Peter MarshallChapter 4: Land and Settlement in Nova Scotia - James St. G. WalkerPart II: Space and Racialized CommunitiesChapter 5: ""We had no desire to be set aPart"": Forced Segregation of Black Students in Canada West Public Schools and Myths of British Egalitarianism - Kristin McLarenChapter 6: The Colonial Sojourners, 1858-1871 - Patricia E. RoyChapter 7: Creating Outsiders, 1875-1903 - Kay J. AndersonPart III: Dangerous Others: Non-Citizens and the StateChapter 8: Two Acres and a Cow: ""Peasant"" Farming for the Indians of the Northwest, 1889-97 - Sarah A. CarterChapter 9: European Immigrant Workers and Labour Protest in Peace and War, 1896-1919 - Donald AveryChapter 10: ""Mixing with People on Spadina"": The Tense Relations between Non-Jewish Workers and Jewish Workers - Ruth A. FragerChapter 11: Proletarian Ideology - Carmela PatriasPart IV: Gate-keeping: Enemies Without and WithinChapter 12: Racial Purity, Sexual Purity, and Immigration Policy - Mariana ValverdeChapter 13: Stemming the Flood of Defective Aliens - Angus McLarenChapter 14: Evacuation - Peter W. WardChapter 15: The Evacuation of the Japanese Canadians, 1942: A Realist Critique of the Received Version - J.L. Granatstein and Gregory A. JohnsonPart V: The Post-War Era: New Rights and New RacismsChapter 16: ""We weren't allowed to go into factory work until Hitler started the war"": The 1920s to the 1940s - Dionne BrandChapter 17: From Contadina to Woman Worker - Franca IacovettaChapter 18: Marginalized and Dissident Non-Citizens: Foreign Domestic Workers - Daiva K. Stasiulis and Abigail B. BakanChapter 19: The Economic Exclusion of Racialized Communities-A Statistical Profile - Grace-Edward Galabuzi