Format:
1 online resource (425 pages)
ISBN:
9781442630673
Content:
This book tells the transnational history of Portuguese communities in Canada and the United States against the backdrop of the Cold War, the Portuguese Colonial Wars, the American Civil Rights Movement, and Canadian multiculturalism.
Content:
Cover -- Page i -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Illustrations and Figures -- Illustrations -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Setting the Stage: Portugal, Canada, and the United States in the 1950s-1970s -- Chapter Structure -- 1. Portuguese Migration: Numbers, Policies, and Perceptions -- The Early History of Portuguese Modern Emigration -- The Postwar Cycle: 1950s-1970s -- Canada -- United States -- The Post-Imperial Cycle: 1970s-1980s -- A "Country of Immigrants": 1990s-2000s -- Conclusion -- 2. Making Diasporic Souls: Catholic Missionaries, National Parishes, and Transregional Charity -- The Estado Novo, the Vatican, and the Portuguese Catholic Organization for Migrations -- National Parishes, the Cult of Fátima, and the Portuguese Clergy in the United States -- Newcomer Families, Social Services, and Covetous Priests in Canada -- Religious Festas, Laity, and Transregional Charity -- Conclusion -- 3. Making Ethnic Civil Societies: Working-Class Organizations, Community Elites, and Political Federations -- Working-Class Organizations: Labour Unions, Mutual Aid Societies, and Social Clubs -- The Ethnic Elites: Businessmen, Newsmen, Professionals, and Politicians -- The Quest for Unity: Diplomatic Patronage, Ethnic Confederations, and Portugal Day -- Conclusion -- 4. Making Ethnic Culture: Folk Propaganda, Popular Culture, and Language -- Tradition versus Modernity: The Estado Novo's Cultural and Educational Policies -- Popular Culture and Rurality: The -- Exporting Portugal: Tourism, Trade, and Fado -- The People's Kind of Popular: Football and Marching Bands -- Portuguese-Language Instruction and Community Schools -- Literate Culture: Cultural Societies, Ethnic Media, and Literature -- Conclusion -- 5. Making Imperial Citizens: Lusotropicalism, Public Memory, and the Multiracial Diaspora.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781442630666
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Fernandes, Gilberto, 1976 - This pilgrim nation Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2020 ISBN 9781442630659
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1442630655
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781442630666
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1442630663
Language:
English
Keywords:
USA
;
Kanada
;
Portugiesen
;
Einwanderer
;
Soziale Situation
;
Kultur
;
Geschichte 1945-1980
