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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Ethnicity Employed: William Hespeler and the Mennonites
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Describes the life of immigrant William Hespeler (1830-1921) of Baden, Germany, who came to Waterloo, Ontario, in 1850 and in 1873 to Winnipeg, Manitoba. Hespeler was sent as an immigration agent by ...Year of publication: 2000Export options:German-American immigration and ethnicity in comparative perspective
Type: BookKeywords: German Americans Social conditionsImmigrants United States Social conditionsGerman Americans Ethnic identityGerman Americans Politics and governmentGermany Emigration and immigration HistoryUnited States Emigration and immigration HistoryUnited States Ethnic relationsYear of publication: 2004Export options:Residents' perceptions of Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest: An inductive analysis
Type: Journal ArticleYear of publication: 2004Export options:Towards a Historical Archaeology of the German-Canadians of Markham's Berczy Settlement
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: In 'In Small Things Forgotten' (1977), James Deetz challenged archaeologists to use material culture as a source of information about human actions that may not be represented widely in the written ...Year of publication: 2004Export options:Where have all of Toronto's Germans gone?: the state of the German-Canadian identity
Type: BookKeywords: TorontoEthnic identityAcculturationYear of publication: 2004Export options:Yiddish and Hebrew in Canada: The Current Situation
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: One measure of ethnic identity for any non-recent immigrant group is retention of its original language (which tends to be given up in favour of the new language that post-immigration generations are ...Year of publication: 2000Export options: