Immigrants in Prairie Cities: Ethnic Diversity in Twentieth-Century Canada

by Gerald Friesen and Royden Loewen

Over the course of the twentieth century, sequential waves of immigrants from Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Africa settled in the cities of the Canadian Prairies. In Immigrants in Prairie Cities , Royden Loewen and Gerald Friesen analyze the processes of cultural interaction and adaptation that unfolded in these urban centres and describe how this model of diversity has changed over time. The authors argue that intimate Prairie cities fostered...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802096093
• ISBN13: 9780802096098
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher