Promoters, Planters, and Pioneers: The Course and Context of Belgian Settlement in Western Canada

by Cornelius J. Jaenen

The story of Belgian settlement in Western Canada from the 1880s onward, exploring the unique character of Belgian immigration and immigrants through detailed scholarship.

In this comprehensive study of Belgian settlement in western Canada, Cornelius Jaenen shows that Belgian immigration was unique in its character and brought with it significant benefits out of proportion to its comparatively small numbers. Canadas first Immigration Act...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1552382583
• ISBN13: 9781552382585
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: University of Calgary Press
• Length: 362 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"