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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Culture and community, Kitchener, 1911-1939: Music, radio, film, and theatre
Type: ThesisAbstract: This thesis is an investigation of the ethnically unique community of Berlin/Kitchener and its reaction to the coming of mass cultural influences. German culture was more dominant when this period ...Year of publication: 1996Export options:Displacement, diaspora, and geographies of identity
Type: BookKeywords: Culture Case studiesEthnologyYear of publication: 1996Export options:Germans in Canada
Type: BookYear of publication: 1985Export options:Multiculturalism, Jews and identities in Canada
Type: BookKeywords: JewsEthnic identityYear of publication: 1996Export options:Reinterpreting the Old Mennonite/Russländer encounter in 1924
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A study of the familial, cultural and environmental differences between Russian Mennonites and their Amish Mennonite hosts which help to explain why the two groups did not merge in the same ...Keywords: Russian MennonitesYear of publication: 1996Historical Period: 1924-1980Export options:Re-thinking ethnic boundaries: the negotiation of German-Canadian ethnic identities in Ottawa, 1945-1975
Type: ThesisAbstract: Using "ethnic identity" and "community" as socially constructed elements of historical experience, this thesis looks at how these concepts evolved among German immigrants in post-World War II Ottawa ...Keywords: OttawaEthnic identityYear of publication: 1996Export options:The Defence of Identity: Ida Siegel and the Jews of Toronto Versus the Assimilation Attempts of the Public School and its Allies, 1900-1920
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Discusses the history of Ida Siegel's struggle to protect the cultural and religious identity of Toronto's Jews during a time when the Canadian majority in Toronto saw the public schools as a means ...Keywords: Siegel IdaTorontoJewsAcculturationYear of publication: 1985Export options:The Trans-Canada Alliance of German Canadians: a Study in Culture
Type: BookKeywords: Associations and clubsEthnic identityYear of publication: 1985Export options:Why, Grossdaudy?
Type: BookAbstract: A sequel to "Separate and peculiar", using the convention of a conversation between grandfather and grandson, supported by biblical texts, to explain differences between Mennonites and the larger ...Keywords: Mennonites (Old Order)Customs and traditionsEthnic identityFood customsWaterloo CountyWaterloo RegionYear of publication: 1985Export options: