The Making of the Mosaic

by Kelley, Ninette; Trebilcock, Michael J.

• ISBN13: 9780802043238
• ISBN10: 0802043232
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-12-26
• Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr

Summary

Examines the ideas, interests, institutions, and rhetoric that have shaped Canada's immigration history, from the pre-Confederation period to the selectivity of the turn of the century to the more expansionary policies of the 1990s.

Author Biography

NINETTE KELLEY is a member of the Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board. Michael J. Trebilcock is Professor of Law and Economics at the University of Toronto.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction: Ideas, Interests, Institutions, and Issues Shaping Canadian Immigration Policy	3	(18)
From Wilderness to Nationhood, 1497--1867: `The Land God Gave to Cain'	21	(40)
Immigration and the Consolidation of the Dominion, 1876--1896: Fulfilling the Destiny	61	(50)
Industrialization, Immigration, and the Foundation of Twentieth-Century Immigration Policy, 1896--1914	111	(53)
The War and the Recovery, 1914--1929: The Dominance of Economic Interests	164	(52)
The Depression Years, 1930--1937: Exclusion and Expulsion	216	(34)
The Recovery and the Second World War, 1938--1945: Closure and Internment	250	(61)
The Postwar Boom, 1946--1962: Reopening the Doors Selectively	311	(35)
Immigration Policy, 1963--1976: Democracy and Due Process	346	(36)
Regulating the Refugee Influx, 1977--1995: The Fraying of the Consensus	382	(59)
Conclusions	441	(12)
Notes	453	(114)
Select Bibliography	567	(32)
Index	599