BASRAN, GURCHARN S. & B. SINGH BOLARIA

The Sikhs in Canada Migration, Race, Class, and Gender

New Delhi, India: Oxford University Press, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0195648862. Only slight wear ; A bright, solid book Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 8.4 X 5.6 X 0.8 inches; 240 pages; "This book studies the migration and settlement of Sikhs from India to Canada, and looks at the socio-economic and cultural lives of that diaspora. It deals with gender, community, family, identity, religious beliefs, and language.". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 20417

Catalogue: Canadiana::ethnology

Keywords: 0195648862 Sikhism Canada migration punjab History::Canada India

CLAIRE, SUCHA SINGH

The Trailblazers; Indo

Chandrigarh, India: Tarlochan Publishers, 2013. Hardcover. ISBN: 8179146049. Translated to English by Dr. Jagtar Singh Dhiman. A bright, solid book, dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 172 pages; This gives backgrounds and brief biographies of a number of South Asian notables in British Columbia.. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 16735

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia::Ethnology

Keywords: 8179146049 Sikh Moe Sihota punjab Wally Oppal Biographies & Memoirs

DAVIES, ALAN

Antisemitism in Canada History and Interpretation

Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0889202214. DJ and boards show light shelf wear, previous owner's name has been inked out on back free end paper, front flap creased, extensive highlighting of text. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Carleton Women's Experience; 9.1 X 6.0 X 0.9 inches; 304 pages; "Eleven leading thinkers in the field examine antisemitism in Canada, from the colonial era to the present day, in essays which reflect the saga of the nation itself. The history of the Jewish community, its struggles and its fortunes is mirrored in the wider history of Canada, from Confederation to the present. The contributors cast light on Canadian antisemitism through a thorough examination of old and new tensions, including Anglo-French, east-west and Jewish-Ukrainian relations. Attitudes to Jews in pre-Confederation Canada, French Canada from Confederation to World War I as well as the interwar years, and in twentieth-century Ontario and Alberta from 1880-1950 are illustrated in various chapters. Of particular interest are the examinations of such well-known figures as Goldwin Smith, the greatly admired liberal historian of Victorian Canada, Adrien Arcand, the would-be Führer from Quebec, and James Keegstra and Ernst Züdel, of more recent notoriety. Analyses are also provided of Nazism and Canadian Protestantism and Jewish-Ukrainian relations since World War II. This is a complex and contentious subject; yet, to understand the ideas and forces that have sought to undermine the Jewish presence in Canada is to understand the dangers that threaten any democratic society, and thereby to guard against them.". Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 20580

Catalogue: Canadiana::ethnology

Keywords: 0889202214 Antisemitism hate crimes Judaism History::Canada RELIGION

DEMPSEY, HUGH A.; ED SPITERI (PHOTOGRAPHER)

Hutterites the Hutterite Diamond Jubilee

Calgary, AB: GLENBOW ALBERTA INSTITUTE, 1978. Softcover. Glossy white heavy card covers show light edgewear and scuffing ; A bright, solid book. B&W photographs throughout of some of the Hutterites living in Alberta, text in English & French ; Trade PB; B&W Photographs; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 72 pages; This book honours the way of life and contributions to the legacy of Alberta upon the 60th Anniversary of their settlement in Alberta after fleeing persecution in Europe.. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 16474

Catalogue: Canadiana::Alberta::Ethnology

Keywords: hutterite Photographs Alberta

O'DRISCOLL, ROBERT & LORNA REYNOLDS EDITORS

The Untold Story: The Irish in Canada (2 Volume Set)

Toronto: Celtic Arts of Canada, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0921745001. Near-fine 2 Volume set in near-fine slipcase. B&W illustrations.; 10.8 X 7.5 X 1.5 inches; 1041 pages. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued .

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Book number: 20565

Catalogue: Canadiana::ethnology

Keywords: 0921745001 slipcase Ireland History::Canada

HOUSTON, CECIL J. & WILLIAM J. SMYTH

Irish Emigration and Canadian Settlement Patterns, Link, and Letters

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0802058299. Light edge wear to DJ, front flaps creased ; A bright, solid book, dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; B&W Illustrations & Maps; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 370 pages; "The authors evaluate both emigration and settlement and present as well revealing personal documents about the intense, often painful experiences of the settlers. Part I explores the geographical links - particularly the phenomenon of chain migration - that shaped decisions to leave Ireland. Part 2 examines patterns of settlement in the new land: many Irish settled near family members and friends who had emigrated before them. Most Irish immigrants arrived in Canada before the Famine, healthy and with some personal resources and were able to find niches for themselves. Part 3, with biographies and collections of letters written home, chronicles personal and social life in the new land. The documents illustrate links and patterns revealed in the earlier anlysis of emigration and settlement." (jacket blurb). Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 18625

Catalogue: Canadiana::ethnology

Keywords: 0802058299 Ireland Canada famine emigration History::Canada

IVERSON, NOEL & MATTHEWS, D. RALPH

Communities in Decline an Examination of Household Resettlement in Newfoundland

St. John's, Newfoundland: Institute of Social and Economical Reform, 1968. Reprint. Softcover. Blue card covers are sun-faded with light shelfwear. ; A tight solid book.; 184 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 16987

Catalogue: Canadiana::ethnology

Keywords: Newfoundland Social Science

KIRKBY, MARY-ANN

I Am Hutterite

Prince Albert SK: Polka Dot Press, 2007. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0978340507. Only slight wear to book & dustjacket ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 8.60 X 5.70 X 0.90 inches; 203 pages; Mary-Ann Kirkby spent the first ten years of her life in a Hutterite Colony in Manitoba, Canada. "Your mother and father are running away,said a voice piercing the warm air.I froze and turned toward home.To a Hutterite, nothing is more shamefulthan that word, running away, Weglaufen...In 1969, Ann-Maries parents did the unthinkable. They left a Hutterite colony in Canada with seven children, and little else, to start a new life. Overnight, the family was thrust into a society they did not understand and which knew little of their unique culture. The transition was overwhelming. Desperate to be accepted, ten-year-old Ann-Marie was forced to deny her heritage in order to fit in with her peers. I Am Hutterite chronicles her quest to reinvent herself as she comes to terms with the painful circumstances that led her family to leave community life. Rich with memorable characters and vivid descriptions, this ground-breaking narrative shines a light on intolerance, illuminating the simple truth that beneath every human exterior beats a heart longing for understanding and acceptance." Mary-Ann's transition into popular culture is both heartbreaking and hilarious.. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 16897

Catalogue: Canadiana::Saskatchewan::Ethnology

Keywords: 0978340507 hutterite Saskatchewan History::Canada Social Science Biographies & Memoirs

LINDAL, WALTER J.

The Icelanders in Canada

Winnipeg: National Publishers Ltd, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ shows very light shelf wear. Grey cloth covered boards are in near-fine condition.; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. B&W photographs ; Canada Ethnica II; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 510 pages; A scholarly work on the history of Icelandic people in Canada and their effect on Canadian history and culture.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 20633

Catalogue: Canadiana::ethnology

Keywords: iceland ethnology Canada History::Canada

NORRIS, JOHN

Strangers Entertained a History of the Ethnic Groups of British Columbia

Vancouver BC: British Columbia Centennial '71 Committee, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards show very light shelf wear, light soiling.; A tight solid book. Map endpapers, B&W illustrations ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 254 pages. Very Good+ with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 21867

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia::Ethnology

Keywords: British Columbia ethnology History::Canada

REGEHR, T.D.

Mennonites in Canada, 1939

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1996. 1st. Hardcover. ISBN: 0802004652. Signed by Author; Some creasing top of DJ spine ; Signed by author on title page. A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Mennonites in Canada, Vol 3; 9.24 X 6.27 X 1.70 inches; 600 pages; "When war broke out in 1939 Canadian Mennonites were overwhelmingly a rural people. By 1970 they had largely completed one of the greatest `migrations' in their history - the transformation from a rural to an urban community. In this third and final volume of Mennonite history in Canada, T.D. Regehr shows how the Second World War challenged the pacifist views of Mennonites and created a population more aware of events, problems, and opportunities for Christian service and personal advancement in the world beyond their traditional rural communities. Regehr describes how the war also initiated the urbanization process and brought in its wake a new wave of Mennonite immigrants, with different traditions and values, from Europe.Regehr traces as well the less cataclysmic and more far-reaching influences of urbanization on Mennonite identity. He demonstrates how the specialization, rationalism, and individualism that typically accompany the shift from a rural to an urban society produced new vocations, including a large business and professional class; created new values that were often at odds with traditional ones; and profoundly affected community and church life. Regehr balances a detailed institutional analysis with numerous insights into the lives of ordinary people, stressing the role and problems of women in what has been essentially a patriarchal society. Though, as he shows, the Mennonites were `a people transformed,' they were not assimilated. They retained a separate identity and preserved the distinctiveness of their faith and culture.". Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 17227

Catalogue: Canadiana::ethnology

Keywords: 0802004652 mennonite WWII

TULCHINSKY, GERALD

Taking Root the Origins of the Canadian Jewish Community

Hanover NH: Brandeis University Press, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0874516099. A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Brandeis Series In American Jewish History, Culture, And Life; B&W Photographs; 9.3 X 6.0 X 1.3 inches; 341 pages; "Jews seeking a new life in Canada faced problems beyond those of other immigrants. Farm colonists often lived in communities too small to afford a rabbi or ritual slaughterer, or even to form a minyan for worship. In French Canada, Protestant and Catholic school boards battled over who was responsible for educating Jewish children. In the cities, the socialist philosophies of Jews fleeing the poverty and oppression of Europe were anathema to aggressive New World capitalists. And when suspicion or resentment arose, there was always someone to revive the old antisemitic slurs and myths.Taking Root is the meticulously researched record of how Canadian Jewry coped with these obstacles, and flourished despite them. The book covers the 160 years from the beginnings of the community in the 1760s to the end of the First World War, including the great European upheavals that forever changed the lives of the Jews of Eastern Europe and their migration to Canada.Canada's Jews took root in a nation with a distinctive history, political structure, and cultural diversity Gerald Tulchinsky weaves the threads of Canadian Jewish history into the wider Canadian fabric, and shows how the unique character of this history reflects the political, economic, and social development of the countryDrawing on letters, synagogue records, diaries, newspapers, and biographies, as well as a host of archival sources, Tulchinsky makes Taking Root not just a historical account, but a very personal one.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 19095

Catalogue: Canadiana::ethnology

Keywords: 0874516099 Judaism Canada History::Canada

VARIOUS

Ukrainian Canadiana

Edmonton, AB: Ukrainian Women's Association of Canada, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. ; A bright, solid book. Map endpapers. Colour photos of the people, costumes, crafts and artwork ; 96 pages; "A historic introduction to Ukrainian culture and arts, as preserved in Canada. The twelve topics include Embroidery, Weaving, Costumes, Folk Dance, Music, Literature, Art, Ceramics, Woodcarving, Pysanky (Decorated Easter Eggs), Cookery, Christmas and Easter Customs.". Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued .

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Book number: 20779

Catalogue: Canadiana::ethnology

Keywords: immigrants pysanky Ukraine