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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.).

Summary:

"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.

Record details

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

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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  • Ingram Publishing Services
    Taking on the myth that Irish settlers in Canada were a wave of famine victims, Lucille Campey reveals the pioneering achievements of the Irish who began populating — and thriving in — Ontario and Quebec a century before the famine of 1840. The second volume of the Irish in Canada series brings an informative and lively account of this great saga.
  • Ingram Publishing Services
    The compelling story of Canada’s Irish pioneers, revealing the enormous scope of their achievements.

    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 this 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.
  • Univ of Toronto Pr
    The compelling story of Canada’s Irish pioneers, revealing the enormous scope of their achievements.

    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 this 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.
  • Univ of Toronto Pr
    Taking on the myth that Irish settlers in Canada were a wave of famine victims, Lucille Campey reveals the pioneering achievements of the Irish who began populating — and thriving in — Ontario and Quebec a century before the famine of 1840. The second volume of the Irish in Canada series brings an informative and lively account of this great saga.

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