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1 online resource (xii, 328 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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text file |
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McGill-Queen's/Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation studies in art history
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McGill-Queen's/Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation studies in art history.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
"For the temporary accommodation of settlers" -- Dominion government pier buildings : immigrants arrive in Canadian ports -- Coastal quarantine stations and defence against disease -- Heading west : early immigration halls -- Prairie immigration halls in a new era of reception -- Canadian immigration architectures of inspection, detention, and deportation. |
| Summary |
"For immigrants making the transoceanic journey from Europe or Asia to North America, the experience of a new country began when they disembarked. In Canada the federal government built a network of buildings that provided newcomers with shelter, services, and state support. "Immigration sheds" such as Pier 21 in Halifax -- where ocean liners would dock and global migrants arrived and were processed -- had many counterparts across the country: new arrivals were accommodated or incarcerated at reception halls, quarantine stations, and immigrant detention hospitals. For the Temporary Accommodation of Settlers reconstructs the experiences of people in these spaces -- both immigrants and government agents -- to pose a question at the heart of architectural thinking: how is meaning produced in the built environments that we encounter? David Monteyne interprets official governmental intentions and policy goals embodied by the architecture of immigration but foregrounds the unofficial, informal practices of people who negotiated these spaces to satisfy basic needs, ensure the safety of their families, learn about land and job opportunities, and ultimately arrive at their destinations. The extent of this Canadian network, which peaked in the early twentieth century at over sixty different sites, and the range of building types that comprised it are unique among immigrant-receiving nations in this period. In our era of pandemic quarantine and migrant detention facilities, For the Temporary Accommodation of Settlers offers new ways of seeing and thinking about the historical processes of immigration, challenging readers to consider government architecture and the experience of migrants across global networks."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Biography |
David Monteyne is associate professor in the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape at the University of Calgary. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Architecture and society -- Canada -- History -- 19th century.
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Architecture and society. |
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Canada. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Architecture and society -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Architecture and state -- Canada -- History -- 19th century.
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Architecture and state. |
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Architecture and state -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
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Immigrants -- Canada -- History -- 19th century.
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Immigrants -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
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Canada -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century.
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Emigration and immigration. |
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Canada -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century.
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Immigrants. |
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ARCHITECTURE / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945) |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1999 |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Title |
Architecture and immigrant reception in Canada, 1870-1930 |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Monteyne, David. For the temporary accommodation of settlers. Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2021 9780228006381 (OCoLC)1202055784 |
| ISBN |
9780228007555 electronic book |
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0228007550 electronic book |
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9780228006381 hardcover |
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0228006384 hardcover |
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