History of Immigration and Racism in Canada
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- ISBN 9781551303406
- Weight: 500g
- Dimensions: 171 x 248mm
- Publication Date: 31 Mar 2008
- Publisher: Canadian Scholars
- Publication City/Country: CA
- Product Form: Paperback
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This outstanding collection examines the complex and disturbing history of immigration and racism in Canada. Major themes include Native/non-Native contact, migration and settlement in the nineteenth century, immigrant workers and radicalism, human rights, internment during WWII, and racism of the present day.
The readings are divided into five cohesive sections:
This book is destined to make its mark in History departments across the country and will also be of interest to students and researchers in Canadian Studies, Sociology, Demography, Political Science, and Geography.
The readings are divided into five cohesive sections:
- Natives and Newcomers in Early Canada
- Space and Racialized Communities
- Dangerous Others—Non-Citizens and the State
- Gate-keeping—Enemies Without and Within
- The Post-War Era—New Rights and New Racisms
This book is destined to make its mark in History departments across the country and will also be of interest to students and researchers in Canadian Studies, Sociology, Demography, Political Science, and Geography.
Barrington Walker is Associate Professor in the Department of History at Queen's University. His research interests are Black Canadian history and the histories of race and immigration in Canada.
