Promoters, planters, and pioneers : the course and context of Belgian settlement in Western Canada

Promoters, planters, and pioneers the course and context of Belgian settlement in Western Canada

Canada's first Immigration Act (1869) included Belgium among the 'preferred countries' from which immigrants should be sought, but unlike many other European countries, Belgium did not encourage its nationals to emigrate to relieve economic, demographic, and social crises.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Jaenen, Cornelius J., author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Calgary [Alta.] : University of Calgary Press 2011.
©2011
Edición:1st ed
Colección:West series (Calgary, Alta.), 4.
Materias:
Belgians > Canada, Western > History.
Immigrants > Canada, Western > History.
Frontier and pioneer life > Canada, Western.
Canada, Western > Emigration and immigration.
Belgium > Emigration and immigration.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009430245706719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Series Information
  • Title Page
  • Bibliographic Information
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • I: The View from Belgium
  • II: The Promise and Challenge of the West
  • III: The Manitoba Base
  • IV: Westward onto the Prairies
  • V: To the Foothills of Alberta
  • VI: The Mining Frontier and Pacific Rim
  • VII: Language, Religion, and Education
  • VIII: Economic, Political and Military Activity
  • IX: Ethnicity and Culture
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Back Cover.

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