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100 1 $aJaenen, Cornelius J.
245 10 $aPromoters, planters, and pioneers :$bthe course and context of Belgian settlement in Western Canada /$cCornelius J. Jaenen.
260 $aCalgary :$bUniversity of Calgary Press,$cc2011.
300 $axii, 348 p. :$bill., map, ports. ;$c23 cm.
490 1 $aThe West series,$x1922-6519 ;$v4
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 309-335) and index.
530 $aAlso issued in electronic formats.
546 $aIncludes some text in French.
505 0 $aIntroduction ---- 1. The View from Belgium --- 2. The Promise and Challenge of the West --- 3. The Manitoba Base --- 4. Westward onto the Prairies --- 5. To the Foothills of Alberta --- 6. The Mining Frontier and Pacific Rim --- 7. Language, Religion, and Education --- 8. Economic, Political and Military Activity --- 9. Ethnicity and Culture ---- Conclusion ---- Appendix.
520 $a"Canadas first Immigration Act (1869) included Belgium among the "preferred countries" from which immigrants should be sought, but unlike many other European countries, Belgium did not encourage its nationals to emigrate to relieve economic, demographic, and social crises, and Belgian officials took a strong interest in their emigrants, monitoring the conditions of settlement and, where fraud was discovered, intervening diplomatically and paying for repatriation. The result was a resourceful body of settlers adaptable to both Anglophone and Francophone communities and adept at promotion and raising of capital. The first wave of immigration, beginning in the 1880s, consisted mainly of farmers to southern Manitoba and miners to Vancouver Island. A second wave after 1896, facilitated by a direct steamship link to Antwerp, brought more miners, as well as orchard planters to the Okanagan and sugar beet farmers to Alberta, and dairymen to Manitoba. World War I was followed by a further wave of agriculturally oriented settlement, and World War II by a mainly urban and skill-oriented cohort. In all cases, Belgians differed from the larger immigrant groups in that they were not recruited by important immigration societies and did not settle in ethnic blocs."--Publisher.
650 0 $aBelgians$zCanada, Western$xHistory.
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650 0 $aImmigrants$zCanada, Western$xHistory.
651 0 $aCanada, Western$xEmigration and immigration.
650 0 $aFrontier and pioneer life$zCanada, Western.
651 0 $aBelgium$xEmigration and immigration.
650 6 $aBelges$zCanada (Ouest)$xHistoire.
650 6 $aCanadiens d'origine belge$zCanada (Ouest)$xHistoire.
650 6 $aImmigrants$zCanada (Ouest)$xHistoire.
651 6 $aCanada (Ouest)$xÉmigration et immigration.
650 6 $aVie des pionniers$zCanada (Ouest)
651 6 $aBelgique$xÉmigration et immigration.
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast
830 0 $aWest series (Calgary, Alta.) ;$v4.
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