The aboriginal people of Australia, Canada, and New Zealand became minorities in their own countries in the nineteenth century. The expanding British Empire had its own vision for the future of these peoples. They were to become civilized, Christian, and citizens - in a word, as…
"Painting the Maple explores the critical interplay of race and gender in shaping Canadian culture, history, politics, and health care. These interdisciplinary essays draw on feminist, postcolonial, and critical theory in a wide-ranging discussion that encompasses both high and …
From Canada's profound racism in the 19th and early 20th centuries to its radical shift in immigration policy in the 1960s, this one-of-a-kind reference explores the past 1,000 years of ethnicity in Canada. In 1867 Canada was established as a political nation with two general et…
From profound racism in the 19th and early 20th centuries to a radical shift in immigration policy in the 1960s, this reference explores the past 1000 years of ethnicity in Canada. It features numerous primary documents from a host of archives and an annotated timeline.
In this comprehensive reference, Historian J.M. Bumsted takes readers on a chronological tour of Canada's ethnic history from aboriginal society and the French and English "founding cultures" to the "Alien Menace" of World War I and the influx of refugees after World War II. Fro…
"This work is the only comprehensive historical study of the development of ethnic communities in Canada from its early history to the present. Accessible and extensively researched, this work gives the general public and students of Canadian history, sociology, and anthropology…
From Canada's profound racism in the 19th and early 20th centuries to its radical shift in immigration policy in the 1960s, this one-of-a-kind reference explores the past 1,000 years of ethnicity in Canada.--Publisher's description.