Canada's 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.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-335) and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 971.2/0043932
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cnp--
- ISBN
- 9781552382585 9781552384954
- LCCN
- F1035.B4
- LCCN Item number
- J34 2011eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xii, 348 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00229047 (OCoLC)708727254 (CaOOCEL)433957
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Open Access Page -1
- Cover 1
- Series Information 3
- Title Page 4
- Bibliographic Information 5
- Table of Contents 6
- Introduction 8
- I: The View from Belgium 16
- II: The Promise and Challenge of the West 44
- III: The Manitoba Base 78
- IV: Westward onto the Prairies 110
- V: To the Foothills of Alberta 136
- VI: The Mining Frontier and Pacific Rim 162
- VII: Language, Religion, and Education 198
- VIII: Economic, Political and Military Activity 224
- IX: Ethnicity and Culture 250
- Conclusion 278
- Appendix 284
- Notes 288
- Bibliography 324
- Index 352
- Back Cover 364
