Potrebenko, Helen.

No streets of gold : a social history of Ukrainians in Alberta / Helen Potrebenko.

Vancouver : New Star Books, 1977.

iii, 311 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm

Multiculturalism, immigration policy, Canadian identity and racism - these are widely discussed topics nowadays. In NO STREETS OF GOLD they are critically examined in light of the Ukranian-Canadian experience, from the first wave of immigrants in the 1890s to the present. Ukranian is the fifth largest nationality in Canada after British, French, German, Italian. In 1971 there were 580 600 Ukrainians in Canada, 2.7 percent of Canada's population. 81.7 percent of Ukranian-Canadians were born in Canada. Their story is not always a pleasant one. It is a story about farmers and workers, men and women who struggled for a better life for themselves and for us, and who got it for us and it left them broken. Throughout, Potrebenko asks: Who held power? How did it affect those who didn't? What did they do about it? The answers amount to a valuable book of Canadian history. As well as stories of her own family, the author presents life stories translated from Ukranian of many early Canadian settlers.

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Ukrainians Alberta History.
Ukrainian Canadians Alberta History.
Ukrainiens Alberta Histoire.
Ukrainians
Alberta History.
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Localisation: Bibliothèque main canada 150336
Cote: FC3700.U5 P6 1977
Statut: Disponible