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Building nations from diversity : Canadian and American experience compared / Garth Stevenson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stevenson, Garth, author.
- Series:
- McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history. Series two ; 35.
- McGill-Queen's Studies in Ethnic History. Series Two ; 35
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cultural pluralism--United States--History.
- Cultural pluralism.
- Multiculturalism--Canada--History.
- Multiculturalism.
- Immigrants--Government policy--Canada--History.
- Immigrants.
- Immigrants--Government policy--United States--History.
- Canada--Emigration and immigration--History.
- Canada.
- United States--Emigration and immigration--History.
- United States.
- Canada--Ethnic relations--History.
- United States--Ethnic relations--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (335 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal, Quebec : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Explores the question of whether the Canadian "mosaic" has differed from the American "melting pot" and provides an informative comparison of both countries' historical and present-day similarities and differences.
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Setting the Patterns
- 3 The Irish
- 4 The Chinese
- 5 The Jews
- 6 Ethnic Minorities in Wartime
- Immigration Policy: The Rise and Fall of Nativism
- 8 The Politics of Language
- 9 Multiculturalism: The Biography of an Idea
- 10 Islamophobia
- 11 Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 5, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 9780773583214
- 0773583211
- 9780773583207
- 0773583203
- OCLC:
- 887635382
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