Pier 21: A History - Couverture souple

Schwinghamer, Steven; Raska, Jan

 
9780776631363: Pier 21: A History
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0776631365 ISBN 13 : 9780776631363
Editeur : University of Ottawa Press, 2020

Synopsis

Between 1928 and 1971, nearly one million immigrants landed in Canada at Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. During those years, it was one of the main ocean immigration facilities in Canada, including when it welcomed home nearly 400,000 Canadians after service overseas during the Second World War. In the immediate postwar period, Pier 21 became the busiest ocean port of entry in the country. Today, people across Canada still enjoy connections to Pier 21 through family history and stories of arrival at the site. Since 1998, researchers at the Pier 21 Interpretive Centre and now the Canadian Museum of Immigration have been conducting interviews, reviewing archival materials, gathering written stories, and acquiring photographs, documents, and other objects reflecting the history of Pier 21. Pier 21: A History builds upon the resulting collection. It presents a history of this important Canadian ocean immigration facility during its years of operation and later emergence as a site of public commemoration. Published in English. Also available in French: Quai 21: Une histoire.

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À propos des auteurs

Steven Schwinghamer is a historian at the Canadian Museum of Immigration and holds an MA in History from Saint Mary's University. Since joining the Museum in 2000, he has conducted over two hundred interviews and has written numerous scholarly and popular articles about the history of Pier 21.

Jan Raska is a historian at the Canadian Museum of Immigration and holds a PhD in History from the University of Waterloo. He is the author of Czech Refugees in Cold War Canada: 1945-1989.

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Éditeur
University of Ottawa Press
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0776631365
ISBN 13 
9780776631363
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
277
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