German Canadians

Author : Heinz Lehmann
Publisher : St. John's, Nfld. : Jesperson Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The German Canadians, 1750-1937 written by Heinz Lehmann and published by St. John's, Nfld. : Jesperson Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In tracing the pioneering role that German-speaking settlers from all over Europe and America played in the opening up and development of large parts of eastern and western Canada, Lehmann shows German Canadians to be one of Canada's founding peoples. His work establishes the important role played by ethnic Germans in the cultural and economic growth of Canada. Lehmann's account brings out the problematic nature of German-Canadian identity, which is a product of the religious, national, regional and generational divisions characterizing the German-Canadian mosaic. The analysis of extensive interaction among German settlers of different backgrounds, however, refutes the assumption of German Canadians as a mere accumulation of separate ethnic groups sharing the accident of a common mother tongue. Lehmann highlights the fact that Germans from eastern Europe and from the United States, and Mennonites in particular, rather than Germans from Germany, have given German-Canadian culture its unique stamp. Today we owe much of our knowledge of the roots and origins, the composition, the evolution and the spatial distribution of the German-Canadian community to Lehmann. His comprehensive and thorough analysis is the sine qua non for any serious preoccupation with the subject.

Author : Arthur Grenke
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1490772022
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book German Canadians written by Arthur Grenke and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2018-07-11 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In German Canadians: Community Formation, Transformation and Contribution to Canadian Life, Grenke explores important themes in the German Canadian experience, including immigration, social life, the war experiences, intermarriage, political participation and the German contribution to Canadian life. Focusing on language maintenance and transition, the study explores their effect on the formation and decline of different German Canadian communities as they emerged and dissolved. While the reader may, or may not, agree with some of the conclusions reached, the work should, nevertheless, stimulate reflection and discussion.

Author : Alexander Freund
Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
ISBN 13 : 0887555950
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Being German Canadian written by Alexander Freund and published by Univ. of Manitoba Press. This book was released on 2021-04-30 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being German Canadian explores how multi-generational families and groups have interacted and shaped each other’s integration and adaptation in Canadian society, focusing on the experiences, histories, and memories of German immigrants and their descendants. As one of Canada’s largest ethnic groups, German Canadians allow for a variety of longitudinal and multi-generational studies that explore how different generations have negotiated and transmitted diverse individual experiences, collective memories, and national narratives. Drawing on recent research in memory and migration studies, this volume studies how twentieth-century violence shaped the integration of immigrants and their descendants. More broadly, the collection seeks to document the state of the field in German-Canadian history. Being German Canadian brings together senior and junior scholars from History and related disciplines to investigate the relationship between, and significance of, the concepts of generation and memory for the study of immigration and ethnic history. It aims to move immigration historiography towards exploring the often fraught relationship among different immigrant generations—whether generation is defined according to age cohort or era of arrival.

Author : Gerhard P. Bassler
Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 1525590359
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nation Builders and Enemy Aliens written by Gerhard P. Bassler and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today German Canadians are among Canada’s most assimilated citizens, often distinguishable from other Canadians by their name only. For centuries their pioneer farmers, economic developers, industrialists, professionals, musicians, artists, missionaries, fisherman, boat builders, and soldiers have acquired an acknowledged reputation as nation builders in Canada. Not too long ago, however, they were also associated with Canada’s enemy in two world wars, discriminated against, and subjected to infringements of their citizenship rights. Virtually overnight, Canadians of German-speaking background were recast into disloyal enemy aliens. Anti-German sentiments and stigmas, unknown in Canada before World War I, became firmly entrenched and have obliterated their legacy as nation builders. This book documents and illustrates how German Canadians have experienced Canada and how Canada has experienced German Canadians over the course of four centuries. It shows what influence Canada’s relations with Germany had on this development. This is the first comprehensive synopsis of the German experience in Canada.

Author : K. M. McLaughlin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Germans in Canada written by K. M. McLaughlin and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Hans Lehmann
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780920502778
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The German Canadians 1750-1937 written by Hans Lehmann and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jonathan Wagner
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774812168
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Migration from Germany to Canada, 1850-1939 written by Jonathan Wagner and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human migration figures prominently in modern world history, and has played a pivotal role in shaping the Canadian national state. Yet while much has been written about Canada's multicultural heritage, little attention has been paid to German migrants although they compose Canada's third largest European ethnic minority. A History of Migration from Germany to Canada, 1850-1939 addresses that gap in the record. Jonathan Wagner considers why Germans left their home country, why they chose to settle in Canada, who assisted their passage, and how they crossed the ocean to their new home, as well as how the Canadian government perceived and solicited them as immigrants. He examines the German context as closely as developments in Canada, offering a new, more complete approach to German-Canadian immigration. This book will appeal to students of German Canadiana, as well as to those interested in Canadian ethnic history, and European and modern international migration.

Author : Rudolf A. Helling
Publisher : Wiesbaden : F. Steiner Verlag
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Socio-economic History of German-Canadians written by Rudolf A. Helling and published by Wiesbaden : F. Steiner Verlag. This book was released on 1984 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A general history of the German community in Canada. In 1933, the Nazi government in Berlin began to organize and propagandize German-Canadians. German-language newspapers published antisemitic pieces. When refugees from Nazism, Jews and others, arrived during World War II, Canadian officials seemed oblivious to the moral and ideological issues involved.

Author : Angelika E. Sauer
Publisher : New York : P. Lang
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Chorus of Different Voices written by Angelika E. Sauer and published by New York : P. Lang. This book was released on 1998 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: German Canadians are generally considered well assimilated, and inconspicuous, their presence in Canada going virtually unnoticed. Scholars over the past decades have struggled to explain this relative invisibility, taking the existence of a German-Canadian ethnic group with a distinct culture for granted. The contributors question this assumption and take a fresh look at definitions of German Canadians and the processes of identity formation. A Chorus of Different Voices represents a kaleidoscopic image of German-Canadian identities, past and present.

Author : Sebastian Siebel-Achenbach
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
ISBN 13 : 1554581311
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book German Diasporic Experiences written by Sebastian Siebel-Achenbach and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2008-10-02 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Co-published with the Waterloo Centre for German Studies For centuries, large numbers of German-speaking people have emigrated from settlements in Europe to other countries and continents. In German Diasporic Experiences: Identity, Migration, and Loss, more than forty international contributors describe and discuss aspects of the history, language, and culture of these migrant groups, individuals, and their descendants. Part I focuses on identity, with essays exploring the connections among language, politics, and the construction of histories—national, familial, and personal—in German-speaking diasporic communities around the world. Part II deals with migration, examining such issues as German migrants in postwar Britain, German refugees and forced migration, and the immigrant as a fictional character, among others. Part III examines the idea of loss in diasporic experience with essays on nationalization, language change or loss, and the reshaping of cultural identity. Essays are revised versions of papers presented at an international conference held at the University of Waterloo in August 2006, organized by the Waterloo Centre for German Studies, and reflect the multidisciplinarity and the global perspective of this field of study.