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      They were Triomphanti: The Italian Homesteading Experience in Saskatchewan, 1896-1930

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      Date
      2013-01-16
      Author
      Bellissimo, Stephanie
      Type
      Thesis
      Degree Level
      Masters
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      Abstract
      Most scholarly research on immigration in Saskatchewan at the turn of the twentieth century has asserted that Italians were not permanent homesteading farmers. This is in part a reflection of prejudices at both the governmental and popular levels that were held at the time. They believed that Italians were transient migrants and only suitable for labour employment. Research into census, homesteading files, and local history books from the period of 1896-1930 demonstrates that this was not the case. It is argued that not only were there greater numbers of rural Italian immigrants in Saskatchewan than has hitherto been acknowledged, but that many were successful, permanent settlers who actively engaged in agricultural and communal endeavours.
      Degree
      Master of Arts (M.A.)
      Department
      History
      Program
      History
      Supervisor
      Waiser, Bill
      Committee
      Garcea, Joe; Cottrell, Michael; Kalinowski, Angela
      Copyright Date
      December 2012
      URI
      http://hdl.handle.net/10388/ETD-2012-12-812
      Subject
      Italian, Italians, Homesteading, Saskatchewan, Farming, Immigration, Immigrant histories, Hillsborough, Rural Municipalities, ethnic history, social history
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