Such Hardworking People: Volume 12 Italian Immigrants in Postwar Toronto (McGill-Queen's Studies in Ethnic History)
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Franca Iacovetta (Author)
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Iacovetta 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, she reveals, were shaped by class, gender, and ethnicity as well as familial responsibilities, government policies, and racism. In addition to conducting numerous interviews, Iacovetta 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, Iacovetta 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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- Contributor: Franca Iacovetta
- Imprint: McGill-Queen's University Press
- ISBN13: 9780773511453
- Number of Pages: 328
- Packaged Weight: 500
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
- Release Date: 1993-05-21
- Series: McGill-Queen's Studies in Ethnic History
- Binding: Paperback / softback
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