Pier 21: A History (Mercury) - Tapa blanda

Raska, Jan; Schwinghamer, Steven

 
9780776631363: Pier 21: A History (Mercury)
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ISBN 10: 0776631365 ISBN 13: 9780776631363
Editorial: University of Ottawa Press, 2020

Sinopsis

Between 1928 and 1971, nearly one million immigrants landed in Canada at Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. During those years, Pier 21 was one of the main ocean immigration facilities in Canada, including when it welcomed home nearly 400,000 Canadians from service overseas during the Second World War.

Since 1998, researchers at the Pier 21 Society and now Canadian Museum of Immigration have been conducting interviews, reviewing archival materials, gathering written stories, and acquiring photographs, documents, and other objects reflecting the history of Pier 21. This book builds upon the resulting collection. It presents a history of this important Canadian ocean immigration facility during its years of operation and later emergence as a site of public commemoration.

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Steven Schwinghamer is a historian at the Canadian Museum of Immigration and holds an MA in History from Saint Mary’s University. His research and writing focuses on the immigration facility at Pier 21.

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Halifax’s Pier 21 is a place of beginnings. Between 1928 and 1971, almost one million immigrants entered Canada at the site. This includes those who arrived when immigration was restricted during the Great Depression, those who arrived as refugees or displaced persons after the Second World War, and those who arrived in the later years of relative economic prosperity in Canada. These people began new chapters in their lives at Pier 21.

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Editorial
University of Ottawa Press
Año de publicación
2020
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0776631365
ISBN 13 
9780776631363
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
282
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