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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Reinterpreting the Old Mennonite/Russländer encounter in 1924
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A study of the familial, cultural and environmental differences between Russian Mennonites and their Amish Mennonite hosts which help to explain why the two groups did not merge in the same ...Keywords: Russian MennonitesYear of publication: 1996Historical Period: 1924-1980Export options:Re-thinking ethnic boundaries: the negotiation of German-Canadian ethnic identities in Ottawa, 1945-1975
Type: ThesisAbstract: Using "ethnic identity" and "community" as socially constructed elements of historical experience, this thesis looks at how these concepts evolved among German immigrants in post-World War II Ottawa ...Keywords: OttawaEthnic identityYear of publication: 1996Export options:Search for America. -
Type: BookKeywords: FictionBiographiesYear of publication: 1950Export options:State responses to immigration in culturally homogeneous and multicultural societies: comparative perspectives
Type: BookKeywords: MulticulturalismGermannessImmigrationYear of publication: 1996Export options:Tagebuch über meine Amerikareise Sommer 61 : Bremerhaven, Amsterdam, London, Le Havre, Cobh, Quebec, Montreal, Boston, Concord, Fort Lee, Phoenix,
Type: BookYear of publication: 1996Export options:Taking Root in the Patronage Garden: Jewish Businessmen in Toronto's Conservative Party, 1911-1921
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Many political scientists label patronage elite accommodation or associate it with corruption, while others accept it as a tool for political management, but it has always been an integral part of ...Year of publication: 1996Export options:The black experience in the Queen's Bush Settlement
Type: ThesisAbstract: A study of the settlement by escaped slaves and other blacks in the area to the north and west of Waterloo County, which included in the 1830s and 1840s the northern half of Wellesley Township and ...Keywords: Black peopleChurches BaptistClergyLand developmentLand salesLand surveyorsSettlers BlackSettlement processSchoolsChurches MethodistYear of publication: 1996Historical Period: 1830-1860Export options:The Hallman-Clemens genealogy with a family's reminiscence
Type: BookAbstract: An autobiography of Rev. Eli Schmidtt Hallman, who was born near New Dundee and moved to Saskatchewan in 1905, later moving to Goshen, Indiana and then Texas. He describes the Mennonite revival led ...Keywords: GenealogyTeachersBusinessesMennonitesSchoolsSaengerfestsIndustriesEducationFarmersCustoms and traditionsYear of publication: 1950Historical Period: 1825-1949Export options:The history of Waterloo County: a Story courage, vision, progress
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief historical outline to mark a century of county government. The author is most concerned with early settlement by Mennonites, Amish and European Germans before 1850, but she mentions the ...Year of publication: 1950Historical Period: 1800-1950Export options:The missionaries in the black settlement
Type: ThesisAbstract: Part of a larger study of the settlement by escaped slaves and other blacks in the area to the north and west of Waterloo County, which included in the 1830s and 1840s the northern half of Wellesley ...Keywords: Black peopleChurches BaptistClergyLand developmentLand salesLand surveyorsMissionariesSchoolsChurches MethodistSettlers BlackYear of publication: 1996Historical Period: 1830-1860Export options: