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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Teaching Identity: German Language Instruction in Old Order Schools
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Examines patterns of language use in Old Order church communities, specifically the use of Pennsylvania German, English, and Amish High German (AHG) in Schwartzentruber Amish and Mennonite ...Year of publication: 2006Export options:The Catharsis of Gemütlichkeit: Explaining the Success of Kitchener's Oktoberfest in 1969
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: Kitchener-Waterloo OktoberfestYear of publication: 2005Export options:The Heimat abroad : the boundaries of Germanness
Type: BookKeywords: Germans Foreign countriesJews German Foreign countriesPopulation transfers GermansGermany Emigration and immigrationYear of publication: 2005Export options:The Schmecks of Kitchener-Waterloo and area: Edna Staebler and the foodways of Waterloo County, Ontario, 1960s-1990
Type: BookYear of publication: 2005Export options:'Theirs was a Deeper Purpose': the Pennsylvania Germans of Ontario and the Craft of the Homemaking Myth
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Analyzes the immigrant narrative of the Pennsylvania Germans who settled Upper Canada between the 1780's and the 1830's, using Orm Overland's framework of a 'homemaking myth.' The Pennsylvania German ...Year of publication: 2006Historical Period: 1780s - 1830sExport options:'Theirs was a Deeper Purpose': the Pennsylvania Germans of Ontario and the Craft of the Homemaking Myth
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Analyzes the immigrant narrative of the Pennsylvania Germans who settled Upper Canada between the 1780's and the 1830's, using Orm Overland's framework of a 'homemaking myth.' The Pennsylvania German ...Year of publication: 2006Export options:"We Shall Go Forward with Our Songs into the Fight for Better Life": Identity and Musical Meaning in the History of the Toronto Jewish Folk Choir, 1925-1959.
Type: ThesisAbstract: This project explores the early years of the Toronto Jewish Folk Choir (known initially as the Freiheit Gezang Farein or Freedom Singing Society), a mixed amateur ensemble with roots in the secular ...Year of publication: 2005Historical Period: 1925-59Export options:Who Are Mennonite German Pioneers?
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: MennonitesWaterloo CountyWaterloo RegionYear of publication: 2005Export options:Zwischen Fremde und Fremde: Displaced Persons in Australien, den USA und Kanada 1946-1952
Type: BookAbstract: Das 20. Jahrhundert war das Jahrhundert der Flüchtlinge, Vertriebenen und Deportierten. Zu den vielen Opfern staatlich sanktionierter Entwurzelung zählten auch die mehr als 8 Millionen ›Displaced ...Keywords: World War IYear of publication: 2005Export options: