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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Place names in the Kitchener-Stratford area as indicators of national origin
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An article criticizing McKay's attempt to interpret place names in terms of the ethnicity of settlers in the area depicted on the Kitchener 1:250,000 topographic map which includes all of Waterloo ...Year of publication: 1968Historical Period: 1800-1900Export options:The immigrants who came to Kitchener and Waterloo after the Second World War
Type: ThesisAbstract: A study of the experiences of European immigrants, including brief summaries of interviews with Kitchener residents who had emigrated from Germany, Yugoslavia and Austria.Keywords: ImmigrationEthnic groupsEthnic identityGermansAssociations and clubsConcordia Club KitchenerTransylvania Club KitchenerKitchener-Waterloo Council of FriendshipKitchenerWaterlooYear of publication: 197Historical Period: 1941-1973Export options:When names become politically incorrect
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Many place names in Canada were changed after Canadians fought wars against countries from which those names originated or when foreign heroes were subsequently deemed monstrous. Of the approximately ...Year of publication: 1993Export options: