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History Russia & The Former Soviet Union

From Peasants to Labourers

Ukrainian and Belarusan Immigration from the Russian Empire to Canada

by (author) Vadim Kukushkin

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Oct 2007
Category
Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Cultural
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780773532670
    Publish Date
    Oct 2007
    List Price
    $125.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780773577602
    Publish Date
    Oct 2007
    List Price
    $110.00

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Written from the migration systems perspective, From Peasants to Labourers places the migration of Ukrainian and Belarusan peasant-workers within the context of Old- and New-World economic structures and state policies. Through painstaking analysis of thousands of personal migrant files in the archives of the Russian consulates in Canada, Kukushkin fills a void in our knowledge of the geographic origins, spatial trajectories, and ethnic composition of early twentieth-century Canadian immigration from Eastern Europe. From Peasants to Labourers also provides important insights into the nature of ethnic identity formation through an exploration of the meaning of "Russianness" in early twentieth-century Canada.

About the author

Vadim Kukushkin teaches Canadian history at the University of Alberta and Grant MacEwan College.

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