Promoters, planters, and pioneers : the course and context of Belgian settlement in Western Canada / Cornelius J. Jaenen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jaenen, Cornelius J., author.

Series:

West series (Calgary, Alta.), 1922-6519 ; 4.

The West series, 1922-6519 ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Belgians--Canada, Western--History.

Belgians.

Frontier and pioneer life--Canada, Western.

Frontier and pioneer life.

Immigrants--Canada, Western--History.

Immigrants.

Belgium--Emigration and immigration.

Belgium.

Canada, Western--Emigration and immigration.

Canada, Western.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (364 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Calgary University of Calgary Press 2011

Calgary, Alberta : University of Calgary Press, [2011]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9786613530943

9781552384954

1552384950

9781280127083

1280127082

OCLC:

923776949