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Book Esterhazy and Early Hungarian Immigration to Canada

Download or read book Esterhazy and Early Hungarian Immigration to Canada written by Martin Louis Kovacs and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Johann Baptist Packh was born in Esztergom, Hungary in 1831. He later changed his name to Paul O. Esterhazy, became an immigration agent in Canada in 1885, and founded the town of Esterhazy, Saskatchewan, settled by Hungarian immigrants. He died in 1912.

Book Count d Esterhazy and the Esterhaz Kaposvar Hungarian Colony in Western Canada

Download or read book Count d Esterhazy and the Esterhaz Kaposvar Hungarian Colony in Western Canada written by Joseph G. Nagy and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2024-09-11 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the late 1800s, waves of immigrants came over from Europe to North America, their arrival serving a dual purpose. On the one hand, the immigrants were seeking a better life for themselves and their families. On the other hand, the Canadian federal, provincial, and territorial governments were seeking to populate their territory in a bid to maintain sovereignty over the land and to develop it for agriculture. Among these immigrants were the Hungarian and Western Slavic settlers who founded the Esterhaz Colony, which later became known as the Kaposvar and Kolin districts, in southeastern Saskatchewan. A key figure in the founding of this colony was the enigmatic Count Paul O. d’Esterhazy, a.k.a. Janos Baptiste Packh. As an immigration agent for the Canadian and American governments, he worked tirelessly not only to promote immigration to the Kaposvar and Kolin districts but also to improve the lives of the immigrants who settled there. Although d’Esterhazy was not without his detractors, this book takes pains to emphasize the sincerity of his vision of a “Little Hungary on the Canadian Prairies” and the many challenges that he and other proponents of the colony faced as they sought to see that vision fulfilled. Meticulously researched and documented, this book offers a treasure trove of insight into not only the Esterhaz colony and surrounding area but also the myriad and often conflicting forces involved in the founding of Canada as a nation.

Book Guarding the Gates

    Book Details:
  • Author : David Goutor
  • Publisher : UBC Press
  • Release : 2011-11-01
  • ISBN : 0774840900
  • Pages : 288 pages

Download or read book Guarding the Gates written by David Goutor and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the 1870s until the Great Depression, immigration was often the question of the hour in Canada. Politicians, the media, and an array of interest groups viewed it as essential to nation building, developing the economy, and shaping Canada's social and cultural character. One of the groups most determined to influence public debate and government policy on the issue was organized labour, and unionists were often relentless critics of immigrant recruitment. Guarding the Gates is the first detailed study of Canadian labour leaders' approach to immigration, a key battleground in struggles between different political factions within the labour movement. This book provides new insights into labour, immigration, social, and political history.

Book Let the Eastern Bastards Freeze in the Dark

Download or read book Let the Eastern Bastards Freeze in the Dark written by Mary Janigan and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2013-08-27 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first big book on one of the most overlooked episodes in Canadian history, and the origin of today's greatest national debate, Let the Eastern Bastards Freeze in the Dark relives the 1918 attempt by 3 premiers to wrest control of their natural resources away from Ottawa--and end their role as second-class provinces. The oil sands. Global warming. The National Energy Program. Though these seem like modern Canadian subjects, Mary Janigan reveals them to be a legacy of longstanding regional rivalry. Something of a "Third Solitude" since entering Confederation, the West has long been overshadowed by Canada's other great national debate. But as the conflict over natural resources and their effect on climate change heats up, 150 years of antipathy are coming to a head. Janigan takes readers back to a pivotal moment in 1918, when Canada's western premiers descended on Ottawa determined to control their own future--and as Margaret MacMillan did in Paris 1919, she deftly illustrates how the results reverberate to this day.

Book For the Temporary Accommodation of Settlers

Download or read book For the Temporary Accommodation of Settlers written by David Monteyne and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2021-12-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For immigrants making the transoceanic journey from Europe or Asia to North America, the experience of a new country began when they disembarked. In Canada the federal government built a network of buildings that provided newcomers with shelter, services, and state support. "Immigration sheds" such as Pier 21 in Halifax – where ocean liners would dock and global migrants arrived and were processed – had many counterparts across the country: new arrivals were accommodated or incarcerated at reception halls, quarantine stations, and immigrant detention hospitals. For the Temporary Accommodation of Settlers reconstructs the experiences of people in these spaces – both immigrants and government agents – to pose a question at the heart of architectural thinking: how is meaning produced in the built environments that we encounter? David Monteyne interprets official governmental intentions and policy goals embodied by the architecture of immigration but foregrounds the unofficial, informal practices of people who negotiated these spaces to satisfy basic needs, ensure the safety of their families, learn about land and job opportunities, and ultimately arrive at their destinations. The extent of this Canadian network, which peaked in the early twentieth century at over sixty different sites, and the range of building types that comprised it are unique among immigrant-receiving nations in this period. In our era of pandemic quarantine and migrant detention facilities, For the Temporary Accommodation of Settlers offers new ways of seeing and thinking about the historical processes of immigration, challenging readers to consider government architecture and the experience of migrants across global networks.

Book Immigration and Settlement  1870 1939

Download or read book Immigration and Settlement 1870 1939 written by Gregory P. Marchildon and published by University of Regina Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Immigration and Settlement, 1870-1939 includes twenty articles organized under the following topics: the "Opening of the Prairie West," First Nations and the Policy of Containment, Patterns of Settlement, and Ethnic Relations and Identity in the New West. The second volume in the History of the Prairie West Series, Immigration and Settlement includes chapters on early immigration patterns including transportation routes and ethnic blocks, as well as the policy of containing First Nations on reserves. Other chapters grapple with the various identities, preferences, and prejudices of settlers and their complex relationships with each other as well as the larger polity.

Book Roots and Realities Among Eastern and Central Europeans

Download or read book Roots and Realities Among Eastern and Central Europeans written by Martin Louis Kovacs and published by Edmonton, Alta., Canada : Central and East European Studies Association of Canada. This book was released on 1983 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Encyclopedia of North American Immigration

Download or read book Encyclopedia of North American Immigration written by John Powell and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents an illustrated A-Z reference containing more than 300 entries related to immigration to North America, including people, places, legislation, and more.

Book Church and Society in Hungary and in the Hungarian Diaspora

Download or read book Church and Society in Hungary and in the Hungarian Diaspora written by Nándor Dreisziger and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Church and Society in Hungary and in the Hungarian Diaspora, Nándor Dreisziger tells the story of Christianity in Hungary and the Hungarian diaspora from its earliest years until the present. Beginning with the arrival of Christianity in the middle Danube basin, Dreisziger follows the fortunes of the Hungarians' churches through the troubled times of the Middle Ages, the years of Ottoman and Habsburg domination, and the turmoil of the twentieth century: wars, revolutions, foreign occupations, and totalitarian rule. Complementing this detailed history of religious life in Hungary, Dreisziger describes the fate of the churches of Hungarian minorities in countries that received territories from the old Kingdom of Hungary after the First World War. He also tells the story of the rise, halcyon days, and decline of organized religious life among Hungarian immigrants to Western Europe, the Americas, and elsewhere. The definitive guide to the dramatic history of Hungary's churches, Church and Society in Hungary and in the Hungarian Diaspora chronicles their proud past and speculates about their uncertain future.

Book People Places

    Book Details:
  • Author : William R. Barry
  • Publisher : Regina : Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina 1997.
  • Release : 1997
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 220 pages

Download or read book People Places written by William R. Barry and published by Regina : Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina 1997.. This book was released on 1997 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a thematic approach to the story behind Saskatchewan place names, including names of cities, towns, villages, post offices, school districts, railway sidings, and Indian reserves. Names of physical features are not included. Names are discussed under the following categories: First Nations; railways; people and places of the world; famous Canadians; playful names; military and war-related names; bizarre names and anomalies; names derived from the classics and the arts; and names of mysterious or unknown origin.

Book The 1956 Hungarian Revolution

Download or read book The 1956 Hungarian Revolution written by Christopher Adam and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on papers presented at the conference: The 1956 Hungarian Revolution 50 Years Later -- Canadian and International Perspectives, held at the University of Ottawa, Oct. 12-14, 2006.

Book The Canadian American Review of Hungarian Studies

Download or read book The Canadian American Review of Hungarian Studies written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Peel s Bibliography of the Canadian Prairies to 1953

Download or read book Peel s Bibliography of the Canadian Prairies to 1953 written by Ernest Boyce Ingles and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 948 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Prairie Provinces cover Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

Book Hungarian Studies Review

Download or read book Hungarian Studies Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Canadian Studies on Hungarians  1886 1986

Download or read book Canadian Studies on Hungarians 1886 1986 written by University of Regina. Canadian Plains Research Center and published by Regina : Canadian Plains Research Center. This book was released on 1987 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hungarians from Ancient Times to 1956

Download or read book Hungarians from Ancient Times to 1956 written by Nándor F. Dreisziger and published by Legas Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Patriots and Proletarians

    Book Details:
  • Author : Carmela Patrias
  • Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
  • Release : 1994-10-03
  • ISBN : 0773564640
  • Pages : 331 pages

Download or read book Patriots and Proletarians written by Carmela Patrias and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1994-10-03 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hungarian immigrants' status as foreigners and their disadvantageous class position prevented them from gaining power in Canadian society, forcing them to rely almost exclusively on ideologies and institutions within their own communities to better their situation. Focusing on the social and cultural dimensions of immigrant politics, Carmela Patrias places the Hungarian situation within the larger context of immigration history.