From sojourners to citizens : Alberta's Italian history / Adriana A. Davies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davies, Adriana A., 1943- author.

Series:

Essay series (Guernica (Firm)) ; 78.

Essential essays ; 78

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Italians--Alberta--History.

Italians.

Immigrants--Alberta--History.

Immigrants.

History.

Alberta.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

416 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Chicago ; Buffalo ; Lancaster (U.K.) : Guernica Editions, 2021.

Summary:

"From Sojourners to Citizens: Alberta's Italian History brings to life the untold story of Italian immigrants in Alberta from the 1880s to the present. It places them in the narrative of province building from work on railways, mines and other industries to breaking the land for agriculture. Oral history excerpts allow the men, women and children to speak for themselves. What emerges is an unquenchable desire to make good, and overcome intolerable working conditions and discrimination, which culminated with enemy alien designation and internment during the Second World War. The book also provides an exploration of the impact of Government of Canada's multicultural policy on the process of assimilation for the post-war influx of immigrants. It offers a prototype of an immigrant community's movement from marginalization to the mainstream."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. I Introduction

ch. II Working on the Railways

ch. III When Coal Was King

ch. IV Settling the Land

ch. V Shopkeepers, Tradesmen and Entrepreneurs

ch. VI Enemy Alien Designation and Internment

ch. VII Strength in Numbers

ch. VIII Child Immigrants and the First Generation

ch. IX Organizations and Institutions

ch. X Cultural Identity and Belonging.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Davies, Adriana A., 1943- From sojourners to citizens.

ISBN:

9781771836548

1771836547

OCLC:

1202268092