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Ontario and Quebec's Irish pioneers : farmers, labourers, and lumberjacks Cover Image Book Book

Ontario and Quebec's Irish pioneers : farmers, labourers, and lumberjacks / Lucille H. Campey.

Campey, Lucille H., (author.).

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"Beginning in the eighteenth century, an increasing number of Irish people sought the better life that Ontario and Quebec offered. Set free from the stifling economic and social constraints that held them back in their homeland, they prospered. And yet, strangely enough, they continue to be mourned as victims. In the second book of the Irish in Canada series, Lucille Campey takes on the victim-ridden mythology of destitute Irish immigrants fleeing the famine of the 1840s. In fact, the Irish influx to Quebec and Ontario began a century earlier. Comprehensive and extensive research has been distilled to produce an informative and lively account of this great immigration saga, whose roots date back to the time of the British Conquest of New France in 1763."-- Provided by publisher.

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  • ISBN: 9781459740846 (paperback)
  • Physical Description: 412 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
  • Publisher: Toronto : Dundurn, [2018]

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Subject: Irish > Ontario > History.
Irish > Québec (Province) > History.
Immigrants > Ontario > History.
Immigrants > Québec (Province) > History.
Ontario > Emigration and immigration > History.
Québec (Province) > Emigration and immigration > History.
Ireland > Emigration and immigration > History.

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Lucille H. Campey was born in Ottawa. A professional researcher and historian, she has a master’s degree in medieval history from Leeds University and a Ph.D. from Aberdeen University in emigration history. She is the author of thirteen books on early Scottish, English, and Irish emigration to Canada and was the recipient of the 2016 Prix du Québec. She lives near Salisbury in Wiltshire, England.

Lucille H. Campey was born in Ottawa. A professional researcher and historian, she has a master’s degree in medieval history from Leeds University and a Ph.D. from Aberdeen University in emigration history. She is the author of thirteen books on early Scottish, English, and Irish emigration to Canada and was the recipient of the 2016 Prix du Québec. She lives near Salisbury in Wiltshire, England.

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