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The Making of the Mosaic: A History of Canadian Immigration Policy »

Authors: Ninette Kelley, Michael J. Trebilcock
ISBN-13: 9780802043238, ISBN-10: 0802043232
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Date Published: December 1998
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Ninette Kelley

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

Book Synopsis

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.

	Acknowledgments
1	Introduction: Ideas, Interests, Institutions, and Issues Shaping Canadian Immigration Policy	3
2	From Wilderness to Nationhood, 1497-1867: 'The Land God Gave to Cain'	21
3	Immigration and the Consolidation of the Dominion, 1867-1896: Fulfilling the Destiny	61
4	Industrialization, Immigration, and the Foundation of Twentieth-Century Immigration Policy, 1896-1914	111
5	The War and the Recovery, 1914-1929: The Dominance of Economic Interests	164
6	The Depression Years, 1930-1937: Exclusion and Expulsion	216
7	The Recovery and the Second World War, 1938-1945: Closure and Internment	250
8	The Postwar Boom, 1946-1962: Reopening the Doors Selectively	311
9	Immigration Policy, 1963-1976: Democracy and Due Process	346
10	Regulating the Refugee Influx, 1977-1995: The Fraying of the Consensus	382
11	Conclusions	441
	Notes	453
	Select Bibliography	567
	Index	599