Righting Canada's Wrongs: Italian Canadian Internment in the Second World War

by Jean Smith Cavalluzzo and Pamela Hickman

Italians came to Canada to seek a better life. From the 1870s to the 1920s they arrived in large numbers and found work mainly in mining, railway building, forestry, construction, and farming. As time passed, many used their skills to set up successful small businesses, often in Little Italy districts in cities like Montreal, Toronto, Hamilton, and Winnipeg. Many struggled with the language and culture in Canada, but their children became part of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 145940095X
• ISBN13: 9781459400955
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Lorimer
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.0" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 13 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary