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Description

1. x, 324 pages; 24 cm

Summary

1. Building Nations from Diversity explores the question of whether the Canadian "mosaic" has differed from the American "melting pot" and provides an informative comparison of both countries' historical and present-day similarities and differences. Garth Stevenson examines the origins of Canada and the United States and their past experiences with incorporating selected immigrant groups, particularly Irish, Chinese, and Jews. Establishing the foundational ways in which they placed new groups within their societies, Stevenson then outlines how the US and Canadian systems developed immigration policy and handled difference, detailing their treatment of "enemy aliens" during both world wars, their experience with minority languages, and recent Islamophobia. He also studies the introduction of multiculturalism into the lexicon and policy of the two countries and presents a nuanced analysis of how its meaning is understood differently on opposite sides of the border. An accessible and illuminating work, Building Nations from Diversity highlights the substantial differences between the US and Canada but ultimately concludes that they are more similar than most realize and are probably becoming more alike.

Series statement

1. McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history. Series two ; 35

Uniform title

1. McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history. Series two 35.

Subject

1. Multiculturalism > Canada > History
2. Cultural pluralism > United States > History
3. Immigrants > Government policy > Canada
4. Immigrants > Government policy > United States
5. Multiculturalisme > Canada > Histoire
6. Diversité culturelle > États-Unis > Histoire
7. Immigrants > Politique gouvernementale > Canada
8. Immigrants > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis
9. Cultural pluralism
10. Emigration and immigration
11. Ethnic relations
12. Immigrants > Government policy
13. Multiculturalism
14. Canada > History
15. United States > History
16. Canada > History
17. United States > History
18. Canada > Histoire
19. États-Unis > Histoire
20. Canada
21. United States

Genre/Form

1. History
2. History.

Contents

1. 1 Introduction 3 -- 2 Setting the Patterns 16 -- 3 The Irish 42 -- 4 The Chinese 70 -- 5 The Jews 95 -- 6 Ethnic Minorities in Wartime 123 -- 7 Immigration Policy: The Rise and Fall of Nativism 151 -- 8 The Politics of Language 178 -- 9 Multiculturalism: The Biography of an Idea 206 -- 10 Islamophobia 234 -- 11 Conclusion 260.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-311) and index.

Additional formats (note)

1. Issued also in electronic format.

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain