Austrian Immigration to Canada

by Szabo, Franz A. J.

• ISBN13: 9780886292812
• ISBN10: 0886292816
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-06-01
• Publisher: McGill Queens Univ

Summary

This collection of nine essays originated in a symposium on Austrian immigration to Canada held at Carleton University in May 1995. Held in conjunction with the larger Austrian immigration to Canada research project, initiated to mark the Austrian millennium in 1996, the conference brought together European and Canadian scholars from several disciplines. The full range of immigrant and refugee experience in Canada is addressed: culture, politics, demographics, identity, language, memory, hardship and achievement.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii
Introduction The Austrian Immigrant and the Canadian Multicultural Spectrum	1	(10)
Franz A.J. Szabo
I German-Speaking Immigrants of Many Backgrounds and the 1990s Canadian Identity	11	(22)
Dirk Hoerder
II Demographic Patterns of Austrian Canadians, 1900-1991	33	(22)
Gertrud Neuwirth
John de Vries
III Push and Pull Factors for Overseas Migrants from Austria-Hungary in the 19th and 20th Centuries	55	(28)
Michael John
IV Austrians Abroad: Austrian Emigration after 1945	83	(10)
Traude Horvath
Gerda Neyer
V The Largest Austrian Dialect Speech-Island in North America	93	(10)
Herfried Scheer
VI The Trudeau-Kreisky Connection: Austria and Canada on the Road to Cancun	103	(10)
Oliver Rathkolb
VII The Empire Replanted: The Enrichment of Canada's Musical Life by Austrian Immigrants in the 20th Century	113	(14)
Paul McIntyre
VIII The History of the Egger Family of Immigrants to Canada	127	(8)
Thomas Samhaber
IX Immigration: A Personal Retrospective of an Austrian in Canada	135
Helmut Walter Ozz