Emigration, Immigration & Migration
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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A Distinct Alien RaceThe Untold Story of Franco-Americans - Industrialization, Immigration, Religious Strife |
“The French number more than a million in the United States…. They are kept a distinct alien race, subject to the Pope in matters of religion and of politics. Soon…they will govern you, … | David Vermette | 394 | 2018 | View |
About Canada: Immigration |
Many Canadians believe that immigrants steal jobs away from qualified Canadians, abuse the healthcare system and refuse to participate in Canadian culture. In About Canada: Immigration, Gogia and … | Bonnie Slade; Nupur Gogia | 144 | 2011 | View |
NEW! Border and RuleMigration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism |
In Border and Rule, one of North America’s foremost thinkers and immigrant rights organizers delivers an unflinching examination of migration as a pillar of global governance and gendered … | Harsha Walia | 320 | 2021 | View |
NEW! Borders, Culture, and GlobalizationA Canadian Perspective |
Border culture emerges through the intersection and engagement of imagination, affinity and identity. It is evident wherever boundaries separate or sort people and their goods, ideas or other … | Melissa Kelly; Victor Konrad | 376 | 2021 | View |
Calculated KindnessGlobal Restructuring, Immigration and Settlement in Canada |
It has often been the perception that Northern states admit immigrants out of generosity, offering security and shelter to people forced from their own countries because of political and economic … | Rose Baaba Folson | 166 | 2004 | View |
NEW! Essential Work Disposable WorkersMigration, Capitalism, and Class |
Across the world we are witnessing daily the lethal effects of a rapid and scary hardening of borders, ignited and justified by manufactured fear and scarcity. In such conditions, highly … | Mostafa Henaway | 230 | 2023 | View |
Fight BackWorkplace Justice for Immigrants |
Displacement of people, migration, immigration and the demand for labour are connected to the fundamental restructuring of capitalism and to the reduction of working class power through … | Aziz Choudry; Jill Hanley; Steve Jordan | 128 | 2009 | View |
Hiding in Plain SightImmigrant Women and Domestic Violence |
Immigrant women are not only at greater risk of experiencing domestic violence but they also under-utilize mainstream services because their needs are not adequately met there. Understanding … | Wendy Chan | 136 | 2020 | View |
NEW! Identifying as Arab in CanadaA Century of Immigration History |
While “Arabs” now attract considerable attention – from media, the state, and sociological studies – their history in Canada remains little known. Identifying as Arab in … | Houda Asal | 240 | 2020 | View |
Imagined TruthsMyths from a Draft-Dodging Poet |
Memory is not only selective, it’s an amazing liar, con artist and spin doctor. History is what we choose to remember about the past in order to justify the present. Richard Lemm grew up in … | Richard Lemm | 272 | 2021 | View |
Immigration and the Legalization of Racism |
“The chameleon-like nature of the law-the duplicitous ways in which the law is written, the equivocal way in which it is stated and, therefore, talked about, the hiding of the truth about … | Lisa Marie Jakubowski | 103 | 1996 | View |
NEW! My Mother, My Translator |
In 2008, Jaspreet Singh made a pact with his mother. He would gladly give her the go-ahead to publish her significantly altered translation of a story from his … | Jaspreet Singh | 280 | 2021 | View |
The WardThe Life and Loss of Toronto's First Immigrant Neighbourhood |
Michael ed. McClelland | 321 | 2015 | View | |
The Ward UncoveredThe Archaeology of Everyday Life |
In early 2015, a team of archaeologists began digging test trenches on a non-descript parking lot next to Toronto City Hall — a site designated to become a major new court house. What they … | Holly Martelle; John Lorinc; Michael McClelland; Tatum Taylor | 305 | 2018 | View |
Three Funerals for my FatherLove, Loss and Escape from Vietnam |
What would you risk to save your children? Jolie Hoang grew up as one of ten children, part of a loving, prosperous Vietnamese family. All that changed when the communists took over in 1975; the … | Jolie Phuong Hoang | 232 | 2021 | View |
NEW! What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings |
Nearly every culture has a variation on the dumpling: histories, treatises, family legends, and recipes about the world’s favourite lump of carbs. If the … | John Lorinc; Karon Liu | 234 | 2022 | View |