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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Gilberto FernandesPublisher: University of Toronto Press Imprint: University of Toronto Press Dimensions: Width: 16.00cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 23.10cm Weight: 0.760kg ISBN: 9781442630659ISBN 10: 1442630655 Pages: 424 Publication Date: 20 January 2020 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviewsThis Pilgrim Nation explores the social, cultural, economic, and political processes involved in the development of the Portuguese communities in the Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada. With insightful description, and historiography, this excellent book will appeal to cultivated readers interested in modern history, emigration studies, transnational cultural and political history of the 'global 1960s, ' and small communities of citizens of Portuguese descent. - Antonio Costa Pinto, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon This Pilgrim Nation explores the social, cultural, economic, and political processes involved in the development of the Portuguese communities in the Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada. With insightful description, and historiography, this excellent book will appeal to cultivated readers interested in modern history, emigration studies, transnational cultural and political history of the 'global 1960s, ' and small communities of citizens of Portuguese descent. - Antonio Costa Pinto, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon Detailed, thorough, and solid, This Pilgrim Nation offers a refined and detailed analysis of Portuguese immigrant communities in North America, and the Portuguese diaspora in the period between 1945 and roughly 1980. This was a period of profound change in Portugal and the author demonstrates how these changes shaped and were shaped by the diaspora. - Caroline B. Brettell, Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University Author InformationDr. Gilberto Fernandes earned his doctoral degree in 2014 at York University, where he has since been a Post-Doctoral Visitor with the Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies and the Department of History. His research on the history of Portuguese migration, ethnicity, race, and international relations in North America has been published in various refereed journals. Together with his academic work, Dr. Fernandes is an active public historian and documentary filmmaker involved in multiple initiatives in Toronto, including the Portuguese Canadian History Project, of which he is co-founder and president since 2008; and the multidimensional project “City Builders: A History of Immigrant Construction Workers in Postwar Toronto,” winner of the 2019 Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Award for Excellence in Conservation. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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