Such Hardworking People

Name: Such Hardworking People
Brand: McGill-Queen's University Press
SKU: 9780773511453
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Italian Immigrants in Postwar Toronto

Autor: Franca Iacovetta

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Oprawa: Miękka

Wydawca: McGill-Queen's University Press

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A description of the working-class experiences of immigrants who came to Toronto from southern Italy...

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Autor

Franca Iacovetta

Język

Angielski

Oprawa

Książka - Miękka

Data wydania

1992

strony

328

EAN

9780773511453

Enbook ID

04917262

Wydawca

McGill-Queen's University Press

Waga

494

Wymiary

228 x 155 x 23

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A description of the working-class experiences of immigrants who came to Toronto from southern Italy between 1946 and 1965. This work focuses on the relations between newly arrived workers and their families, showing that the Italians who came to Toronto during this period were predominantly young, healthy women and men eager to obtain jobs and prepared to make sacrifices in order to secure a more comfortable life for themselves and their children. This work examines the changes many had to face during the transition from peasant worker in an under-developed, rural economy to wage-earner in an urban, industrial society. Their experiences in Canada, the author reveals were shaped by class, gender, and ethnicity as well as family responsibilities, government policies, and racism. In addition to conducting numerous interviews, she has drawn on recent scholarship in immigration, family, labour studies, oral history, and women's history. Although both women and men struggled and were exploited, this text shows that they found innovative ways to recreate cherished rituals and customs from their homeland and managed to derive a sense of dignity and honour from the labours they performed.

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