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1986255 pages. Whether they came from Britain or Europe, these newcomers all wove new vigour and spirit into the Canadian cultural, economica and social fabric. And they all vividly remember their first hours, days and momths in a new country. This book is about their memories: sad, happy, sometimes incredible and always moving. The often felt frustrated and homesick and were at times resourceful or bewildered, weak or determined. But always they felt like immigrants in a strange land. Book clean, unmarked and very lightly worn. Some yellowing at edges. Slight lean to spine. Dust jacket in excellent condition but for scratch in lower corner of back panel. Very nice copy. Book
1981271 pages including bibliography, index and black and white photographic plates. Between 1870 and the depression of the 1930s, more than 80,000 children from the poverty of England were sent to Canada by well-meaning philanthropists to live and work with Canadian farm families. "Superbly readable... one of the finest pieces of Canadian social history ever to be written. It is, in every way, an exceptional book." - Calgary Herald. Address label inside front cover. Well-used copy with lean to spine. Unmarked. Remains a worthy reading copy. Book
1994357 pages including index. Documents the sons and daughters of Erin who made the North American continent their home. Recounts their extraordinary ascent from poor immigrant to heights of wealth, power and influence in many fields. Clean, bright and unmarked with lightest wear. Suberb copy. Book
1983512 pages. "Between 1946 and 1982 more than 180,000 people emigrated from The Netherlands to Canada. That enormous tide peaked in 1952, when almost 21,000 Netherlanders made Canada their home. The movement arose out of a long-occupied country whose citizens considered Canadians their liberators, out of tiny Holland's limited capacity for growth, and out of the uneasy political situation in Europe. The real result of the movement, the lives of the ordinary people who uprooted themselves to immigrate, is the subject of this overwhelming documentation. Told simply and movingly, this is the story of eveyr immigrant's experience, from the decision to leave and the journey itself to the arrival in Canada and the difficulties to be faced." - from dust jacket. Copiously illustrated in black and white. Book clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Light wear and rubbing to dust jacket. Quality copy. Book
1997230 pages. Notes, bibliography, index. "Should be in every legislature, university, high school and public library, as well as in every office and home where people are trying to understand Canada's immigration legacy." - Canadian Book Review Annual, 1993. Clean, bright and unmarked with lightest wear. Lovely copy. Book
2000231 pages. Index. "This strong, detailed and careful analytical study is persuasive because it is no rant; it is calmly devastating." - Trevor Lautens, Vancouver Sun Columnist. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Sound copy. Book
1985192 pages. Index. "Presents a collection of photographs and related texts ranging from the years when the street was a tree-lined boulevard, right through to today, when the Queen Street art scene and a rapidly expanding Chinatown are transforming Spadina. Drawing upon his own Jewish roots and family history, Rick Salutin provides a very personal introduction that demonstrates how and why Spadina is unique, and why it has become so important to those whose lives has intersected. Organized to reflect and even re-create the Spadina experience, the book takes the reader up the street starting at the lakeshore and ending at Bloor Street. Photographs from a wide variety of sources are collected here for the first time. The present, the far past and the near past, the mix of ethnic groups and styles of architecture, and the many uses of Spadina Avenue can all be found in this rich and fascinating book." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with lightest wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Lovely copy. Book
1973128 pages. Bibliography. Index. "Using contemporary accounts, vividly reconstructs the story of emigration from the British Isles - through the dark tunnel of the nineteenth century and into the happier conditions of the twentieth." - from dust jacket. Abundantly illustrated in black and white. Book clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Price-clipped dust jacket bears light wear and is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Lovely copy. Book
1983159 pages. Black and white plates. "The story of a British family which crossed the Atlantic in the mid 19th century. It is told in their own words in letters written home from Canada West (Ontario) and Prince Edward Island. From the letters emerges a portrait of a fascinating family which included portrait painter Robert Harris and architect William Harris. Here we encounter the beliefs, values and attitudes of a mid-Victorian family, and a view of their daily lives at home and at work." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Lovely copy. Book
2005378 pages. "Compulsively readable, incisive in its analysis, and deft in its marshalling of factual evidence... so good, I would recommend it to my own mother." - from dust jacket review. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A quality copy. Book
1982Features: In light of Israel's invasion of Lebanon, Barbara Amiel argues that the rabbis are wrong to suggest that debating certain questions is wrong; Turning off the tap of Soviet emigration; Alberta's separatist WCC party; Tough times for unions; Hospital lineups in BC; Troubles with Haitian taxi drivers in Montreal - Serge Veilleux shot; The Iraq Iran war; Geoffrey Prime - tip of an espionage iceberg; Unemployed Irishman finds his way into Queen's bedroom; Namibia - a faltering breakthrough; Trouble on Nicaragua's border; Geoge Schultz - new Secretary of State; Pulitzer Prize winner Fred Sparks bequeathes $30k to the PLO - Jewish lobby opposes; Cover Story - The Future of the PLO; Jamil Hilal of the DFLP - Q&A; Power play splits OPEC; Operation Exodus makes a haul - illegal computer shipments from US to Soviet Union; Bow Valley Industries increases its East Coast oil position; Dome Petroleum and its plan to build a $1.7 billion liquefied Natural Gass (LNG) plant and pipeline in Northern B.C. with terminal at Prince Rupert; Victoria - Maui Yacht race; Sweep Six proves very popular at Vancouver's Exhibition Park - horse racing/betting; Canadian team leaves for second Everest attempt; Another voice stilled - Today Magazine to cease publication - Paul Zimmerman; Homeschool article by Judy Shapiro - parents are battling for the right to educate at home; Rapes getting more violent - countermeasures being taken - Jennifer Isford; Branding cattle for a vacation; 1982 Toyota SR5 Corolla hardtop ad inside back cover. Entertainment reviews. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
1989744 pages. Index of names. Footnotes. Reprint of the 1955 first edition. "Begins with a brief sketch of Dutch emigration to colonial America and then describes Van Raalte and the founding of the Michigan Kolonie in 1847. The story goes on to relate how the Dutch moved into Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, the Dakotas, Canada, and elsewhere, carrying their culture with them wherever they went and settled." - from dust jacket. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Prior owner's name clipped from top of front free endpaper. Moderate wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this important work. Book
1989229 pages. Index. Footnotes. Reproductions of black and white photos. Signed by author upon title page. "This is a book which seeks for the first time to distill in detail the Irish Palatine experience. It reaches back into the German past of a people who came to Ireland in 1709 and it opens out on to the world fashioned by Irish Palatine emigration." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. An excellent copy. Book
1977289 pages. Bibliography, glossary and index. Footnotes. Charts, maps and diagrams. Topics include: English Migration; Folk Architecture in Trinity Bay; Peopling of Central Bonavista Bay; Sealing and the spread of settlement in Northeastern Newfoundland; Initial permanent settlement in the Strait of Belle Isle; Ethnic diversity and settler location on the Eastern Lower North Shore of Quebec; Highlands Scots Migration to Southwestern Newfoundland; Settlers and Traders in Western Newfoundland. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
1999231 pages. Footnotes. Bibliography. Reprints of archival documents. "Fortunately for the scholars and history buffs of today, the Russian police of a century ago gathered and preserved their information on the Doukhobors and their emigration venture very well. It is only in the past decade, however, that many of the documents in this colection have been known to anyone but the police themselves. Translated and published here for the first time in the centenary year of the Doukhobors' arrival, they shed new light on a most significant event in the history of Canada as a multicultural society." - from back cover. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. A nice copy. Book
1991370 pages. Index. Footnotes. Black and white diagrams. Chapters include: Emigrant Origins; The Emigrants; The Emigration Process; Settling In; Social and Religious Life; The Geography of Settlement; Nathaniel and Joseph Carrothers - Upper Canadian Pioneers; Jan White - Townswoman in Upper Canada; Alexander Robb - Adventures in British Columbia. Clean, tight and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
1976714p., illus. The journey of the East European Jew to America and the life they found and made. Hardcover Very good condition chipped d.j. fair
1989Oversize 251p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
1943317 p. Hardcover Very good condition good Signed by the author
2000459p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition
1958210p. Hardcover Very good condition good
1968487p. Hardcover Very good condition
1967256p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
1920294p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition, covers lightly soiled
1976Hardcover in dust jacket. Black cover with gilt lettering on spine and contents in very good clean condition. Top edge of dust jacket slightly worn. Clean Copy