Karelian Exodus
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Karelian Exodus
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Author : Ronald N. Harpelle
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005-07-01
Karelian Exodus written by Ronald N. Harpelle and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-07-01 with Canada categories.
"Karelian Exodus, a collection of articles on the exodus to Karelia of Finnish Canadians and Finnish Americans in the 1930s, the reasons behind it, and the experiences in Karelia of those who left. The 13 Karelia Exodus articles were originally papers presented in March 2004 at a conference in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The conference dealt with Finnish communities in North America and Soviet Karelia during the Depression and featured speakers from Russia, Finland, Sweden, the United States, and Canada."--Pub. website.
Labour At The Lakehead
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Author : Michel S. Beaulieu
language : en
Publisher: UBC Press
Release Date : 2012-01-01
Labour At The Lakehead written by Michel S. Beaulieu and has been published by UBC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-01 with History categories.
In the early twentieth century, the Canadian Lakehead was known as a breeding ground for revolution, a place where harsh conditions in dockyards, lumber mills, and railway yards drove immigrants into radical labour politics. This intensely engaging history reasserts Northwestern Ontario’s rightful reputation as a birthplace of leftism in Canada by exposing the conditions that gave rise to an array of left-wing organizations, including the Communist Party, the One Big Union, and the Industrial Workers of the World. Yet, as Michel Beaulieu shows, the circumstances and actions of Lakehead labour, especially those related to ideology, ethnicity, and personality were complex; they simultaneously empowered and fettered workers in their struggles against the shackles of capitalism. Cultural ties helped bring left-wing ideas to Canada but, as each group developed a distinctive vocabulary of socialism, Anglo-Celtic workers defended their privileges against Finns, Ukrainians, and Italians. At the Lakehead, ethnic difference often outweighed class solidarity – at the cost of a stronger labour movement for Canada.
Hard Work Conquers All
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Author : Michel S. Beaulieu
language : en
Publisher: UBC Press
Release Date : 2017-11-15
Hard Work Conquers All written by Michel S. Beaulieu and has been published by UBC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-15 with History categories.
Above the entrance to the Finnish Labour Temple in Thunder Bay is the motto labor omnia vincit – “hard work conquers all” – reflecting the dedication of the Finnish community in Canada. Hard Work Conquers All examines Finnish community building in Canada during the twentieth century. Waves of immigrants imbued the relationship between people, homeland, and host country with the politics, ideologies, and cultural expressions of their time. This collection of essays explores the cultural identities of Finnish Canadians, their ties to Finland, intergenerational cultural transfer, and the community’s connections with socialism and labour movements. It offers new interpretations of the influence of Finnish immigration on Canada.
Building That Bright Future
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Author : Samira Saramo
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2022-05-30
Building That Bright Future written by Samira Saramo and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-30 with History categories.
In the early 1930s, approximately 6,500 Finns from Canada and the United States moved to Soviet Karelia, on the border of Finland, to build a Finnish workers’ society. They were recruited by the Soviet leadership for their North American mechanical and lumber expertise, their familiarity with the socialist cause, and their Finnish language and ethnicity. By 1936, however, Finnish culture and language came under attack and ethnic Finns became the region’s primary targets in the Stalinist Great Terror. Building That Bright Future relies on the personal letters and memoirs of these Finnish migrants to build a history of everyday life during a transitional period for both North American socialism and Soviet policy. Highlighting the voices of men, women, and children, the book follows the migrants from North America to the Soviet Union, providing vivid descriptions of daily life. Samira Saramo brings readers into personal contact with Finnish North Americans and their complex and intimate negotiations of self and belonging. Through letters and memoirs, Building That Bright Future explores the multiple strategies these migrants used to make sense of their rapidly shifting positions in the Soviet hierarchy and the relationships that rooted them to multiple places and times.
One Europe Many Nations
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Author : James B. Minahan
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2000-07-30
One Europe Many Nations written by James B. Minahan and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-07-30 with History categories.
Dominating world politics since 1945, the Cold War created a fragile peace while suppressing national groups in the Cold War's most dangerous theater—Europe. Today, with the collapse of Communism, the European Continent is again overshadowed by the specter of radical nationalism, as it was at the beginning of the century. Focusing on the many possible conflicts that dot the European landscape, this book is the first to address the Europeans as distinct national groups, not as nation-states and national minorities. It is an essential guide to the national groups populating the so-called Old World-groups that continue to dominate world headlines and present the world community with some of its most intractable conflicts. While other recent reference books on Europe approach the subject of nations and nationalism from the perspective of the European Union and the nation-state, this book addresses the post-Cold War nationalist resurgence by focusing on the most basic element of any nationalism—the nation. It includes entries on nearly 150 groups, surveying these groups from the earliest period of their national histories to the dawn of the 21st century. In short essays highlighting the political, social, economic, and historical evolution of peoples claiming a distinct identity in an increasingly integrated continent, the book provides both up-to-date information and historical background on the European national groups that are currently making the news and those that will produce future headlines.
An Exceptional Law
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Author : Dennis G. Molinaro
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2017-01-01
An Exceptional Law written by Dennis G. Molinaro and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-01 with History categories.
An Exceptional Law showcases how the emergency law used to repress labour activism during the First World War became normalized with the creation of Section 98 of the Criminal Code, following the Winnipeg General Strike.
The Search For A Socialist El Dorado
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Author : Alexey Golubev
language : en
Publisher: MSU Press
Release Date : 2014-04-01
The Search For A Socialist El Dorado written by Alexey Golubev and has been published by MSU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-01 with History categories.
In the 1930s, thousands of Finns emigrated from their communities in the United States and Canada to Soviet Karelia, a region in the Soviet Union where Finnish Communist émigrés were building a society to implement their ideals of socialist Finland. To their new socialist home, these immigrants brought critically needed skills, tools, machines, and money. Educated and skilled, American and Canadian Finns were regarded by Soviet authorities as agents of revolutionary transformations who would not only modernize the economy of Soviet Karelia, but also enlighten its society. North American immigrants, indeed, became active participants of socialist colonization of what Bolshevik leaders perceived as dark, uneducated and backward Soviet ethnic periphery. The Search for a Socialist El Dorado is the first comprehensive account in English of this fascinating story. Using a vast body of documentary sources from archives in Petrozavodsk and Moscow, Russian- and Finnish-language press and literature from the 1930s, oral history interviews and secondary literature, Alexey Golubev and Irina Takala explore in depth the “Karelian fever” among Finnish Americans and Canadians, and the lives of immigrants in the Soviet Union, their contribution to Soviet economy and culture, and their fates in the Great Terror.
Soviet Karelia
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Author : Nick Baron
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2012-10-12
Soviet Karelia written by Nick Baron and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-12 with History categories.
In 1920, Lenin authorised a plan to transform Karelia, a Russian territory adjacent to Finland, into a showcase Soviet autonomous region, to show what could be achieved by socialist nationalities policy and economic planning, and to encourage other countries to follow this example. However, Stalin’s accession to power brought a change of policy towards the periphery - the encouragement of local autonomy which had been a key part of Karelia’s model development was reversed, the state border was sealed to the outside world, and large parts of the republic's territory were given over to Gulag labour camps controlled by the NKVD, the precursor of the KGB. This book traces the evolution of Soviet Karelia in the early Soviet period, discussing amongst other things how political relations between Moscow and the regional leadership changed over time; the nature of its spatial, economic and demographic development; and the origins of the massive repressions launched in 1937 against the local population.
Storied Landscapes
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Author : Frances Swyripa
language : en
Publisher: Univ. of Manitoba Press
Release Date : 2010
Storied Landscapes written by Frances Swyripa and has been published by Univ. of Manitoba Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with History categories.
Storied Landscapes is a beautifully written, sweeping examination of the evolving identity of major ethno-religious immigrant groups in the Canadian West including Ukrainians, Mennonites, Icelanders, Doukhobors, Germans, Poles, Romanians, Jews, Finns, Swedes, Norwegians, and Danes.
Swedes In Canada
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Author : Elinor Barr
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2015-07-27
Swedes In Canada written by Elinor Barr and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-27 with History categories.
Since 1776, more than 100,000 Swedish-speaking immigrants have arrived in Canada from Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Ukraine, and the United States. Elinor Barr’s Swedes in Canada is the definitive history of that immigrant experience. Active in almost every aspect of Canadian life, Swedish individuals and companies are responsible for the CN Tower, ships on the Great Lakes, and log buildings in Riding Mountain National Park. They have built railways and grain elevators all across the country, as well as churches and old folks’ homes in their communities. At the national level, the introduction of cross-country skiing and the success of ParticipACTION can be attributed to Swedes. Despite this long list of accomplishments, Swedish ethnic consciousness in Canada has often been very low. Using extensive archival and demographic research, Barr explores both the impressive Swedish legacy in Canada and the reasons for their invisibility as an immigrant community.