Kukushkin, Vadim.
From Peasants to Labourers : Ukrainian and Belarusan Immigration from the Russian Empire to Canada. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (304 pages) - McGill-Queen's Studies in Ethnic History Ser. ; v.23 .
Intro -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Maps -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Transliteration, Terminology, and Dates -- Introduction -- 1 Economy, Society, and Migration on Russia's Western Frontier -- 2 The Anatomy of Migration -- 3 An Airtight Empire? -- 4 "So Close to Being Asiatics -- 5 Frontiersmen and Urban Dwellers -- 6 Sojourners and Soldiers -- 7 A Difficult Constituency: Priests, Preachers, and Immigrants -- 8 Bolsheviks or Rebels? -- Conclusion -- Appendix: The Likacheff-Ragosine-Mathers Collection as a Statistical Source -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Canadian immigration from the Russian Empire is often portrayed as consisting entirely of non-Slavic minorities and religious refugees. Vadim Kukushkin shows that a large number of immigrants were peasants from Russia's Ukrainian and Belarusan provinces attracted by Canadian wage-earning opportunities, unlike their neighbours from Austrian-ruled Ukraine who searched for land.
9780773560468
Belarusians -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
Ukrainians -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
Bi�elorusses -- Canada -- Histoire -- 20e si�ecle.
Ukrainiens -- Canada -- Histoire -- 20e si�ecle.
Russia, Western -- Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects -- History -- 20th century.
Canada -- Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects -- History -- 20th century.
Russie (Ouest) -- �Emigration et immigration -- Aspect �economique -- Histoire -- 20e si�ecle.
Electronic books.
F1035.R8
304.8/710477
From Peasants to Labourers : Ukrainian and Belarusan Immigration from the Russian Empire to Canada. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (304 pages) - McGill-Queen's Studies in Ethnic History Ser. ; v.23 .
Intro -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Maps -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Transliteration, Terminology, and Dates -- Introduction -- 1 Economy, Society, and Migration on Russia's Western Frontier -- 2 The Anatomy of Migration -- 3 An Airtight Empire? -- 4 "So Close to Being Asiatics -- 5 Frontiersmen and Urban Dwellers -- 6 Sojourners and Soldiers -- 7 A Difficult Constituency: Priests, Preachers, and Immigrants -- 8 Bolsheviks or Rebels? -- Conclusion -- Appendix: The Likacheff-Ragosine-Mathers Collection as a Statistical Source -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Canadian immigration from the Russian Empire is often portrayed as consisting entirely of non-Slavic minorities and religious refugees. Vadim Kukushkin shows that a large number of immigrants were peasants from Russia's Ukrainian and Belarusan provinces attracted by Canadian wage-earning opportunities, unlike their neighbours from Austrian-ruled Ukraine who searched for land.
9780773560468
Belarusians -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
Ukrainians -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
Bi�elorusses -- Canada -- Histoire -- 20e si�ecle.
Ukrainiens -- Canada -- Histoire -- 20e si�ecle.
Russia, Western -- Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects -- History -- 20th century.
Canada -- Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects -- History -- 20th century.
Russie (Ouest) -- �Emigration et immigration -- Aspect �economique -- Histoire -- 20e si�ecle.
Electronic books.
F1035.R8
304.8/710477
