Valerie Knowles

Strangers at Our Gates

Canadian Immigration and Immigration Policy, 1540-2015

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An exploration of how immigration has shaped Canadian identity, and how modern debates are reshaping our national character. In this history of immigration to Canada, Valerie Knowles explores the kinds of immigrants who have settled in Canada as well as the immigration policies, policymakers, and public figures who have played a part in the story.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Dundurn Press
• 4th edition
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. März 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9781459732858
• ISBN-10: 1459732855
• Artikelnr.: 42857268

Autorenporträt

Valerie Knowles is a journalist and writer who has published eleven non-fiction works. From Telegrapher to Titan: The Life of William C. Van Horne won the University of British Columbia Medal for Canadian Biography for 2004 and the City of Ottawa Non-Fiction Book Award for 2005. She lives in Ottawa.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
1. The Beginnings
2. Canada's First Large Influx of Refugees
3. British Immigration Transforms the Colonies
4. Immigration in the Macdonald Era
5. The Sifton Years
6. Forging a New Immigration Policy
7. Immigration Doldrums
8 Immigration's Post War Boom (1947-1957)
9. Major New Initiatives
10. A New Era in Immigration
11. The Turbulent 1980s and Beyond
12. Immigration Grabs Attention 1996-2006
13. The Conservative Era
14. Issues in the Twenty-First Century
Notes
Bibliography
Index