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Author Hiller, Harry H., 1942-

Title Second promised land : migration to Alberta and the transformation of Canadian society / Harry H. Hiller.

Publication Info. Montréal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2009]
Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2010.
©2009

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Description 1 online resource (1 online resource (xiii, 512 pages : illustrations))
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 481-507) and index.
Contents 1. Migration to Alberta in perspective -- 2. The old west and the new west -- 3. The two waves of in-migration -- 4. The role of energy hydrocarbons -- 5. Migration as voluntaristic behavior -- 6. The migrant and the migration process -- 7. Migration as negotiating place -- 8. The context of out-migration -- 9. The migrant encounters the destination -- 10. Social capital and adjustment at the destination -- 11. Women and migration -- 12. The Internet and migration -- 13. The three island thesis : folk culture and the myth of return -- 14. The effect of migration on origin communities -- 15. Reassessing migration -- 16. Conclusion.
Access Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL
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Subject Migration, Internal -- Canada.
Migration, Internal.
Canada.
Alberta -- Population.
Alberta.
Population.
Alberta -- Economic conditions -- 1991-
Alberta -- Social conditions -- 1991-
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: 9780773535176
ISBN 9780773576872 (electronic book)
0773576878 (electronic book)
9780773535176 (bound)
0773535179
9780773535268
0773535268