Research Catalog

Title

The making of the mosaic : a history of Canadian immigration policy / Ninette Kelley and Michael Trebilcock.

Author

Kelley, Ninette

Publication

Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, c1998.

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Additional Authors

Trebilcock, M. J.

Description

viii, 621 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"This book examines the ideas, interests, institutions, and rhetoric that have shaped Canada's immigration history." "Beginning their study in the pre-Confederation period, the authors tell of the dramatic transformations that have characterized Canadian attitudes towards immigrants. While, at first, few obstacles were placed in the way of newcomers to Canada, the turn of the century brought policies of increasing selectivity. The massive deportations of the First World War and Depression eras were exceeded in harshness only by the tactics implemented during the Second World War, when nearly all of the Japanese-Canadian population was subjected to forced relocation and when Jewish refugees fleeing from mass extermination abroad were turned away from Canada's shores." "Bringing readers up to date with an analysis of the more expansionary policies of the 1990s, the authors clarify the central issues and attitudes underlying each phase and juncture of policy decision making. Their thoughtful study reveals a set of core normative and ethical values that have been fundamental in the making of the Canadian mosaic."--Jacket.

Subject

Canada > History

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [567]-597) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Introduction: Ideas, Interests, Institutions, and Issues Shaping Canadian Immigration Policy -- 2. From Wilderness to Nationhood, 1497-1867: 'The Land God Gave to Cain' -- 3. Immigration and the Consolidation of the Dominion, 1867-1896: Fulfilling the Destiny -- 4. Industrialization, Immigration, and the Foundation of Twentieth-Century Immigration Policy, 1896-1914 -- 5. War and the Recovery, 1914-1929: The Dominance of Economic Interests -- 6. Depression Years, 1930-1937: Exclusion and Expulsion -- 7. Recovery and the Second World War, 1938-1945: Closure and Internment -- 8. Postwar Boom, 1946-1962: Reopening the Doors Selectively -- 9. Immigration Policy, 1963-1976: Democracy and Due Process -- 10. Regulating the Refugee Influx, 1977-1995: The Fraying of the Consensus -- 11. Conclusions.

ISBN

• 0802043232 (cloth : acid-free paper)
• 0802081460 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

LCCN

^^^99185777^

OCLC

• 39379732
• SCSB-10479977

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library