TY - BOOK ID - 138434802 TI - From peasants to labourers PY - 2007 SN - 0773577602 1282850407 9786612850400 0773560467 9780773560468 9781282850408 661285040X 9780773577602 9780773532670 0773532676 9780773532676 PB - Montreal Ithaca, NY McGill-Queen's University Press DB - UniCat KW - Ukrainians KW - Belarusians KW - History KW - Russia, Western KW - Canada KW - Emigration and immigration KW - Economic aspects KW - Bielorusses KW - Ukrainiens KW - Histoire KW - Russie (Ouest) KW - Emigration et immigration KW - Aspect economique UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:138434802 AB - Written from the migration systems perspective, From Peasants to Labourers places the migration of Ukrainian and Belarusan peasant-workers within the context of Old- and New-World economic structures and state policies. Through painstaking analysis of thousands of personal migrant files in the archives of the Russian consulates in Canada, Kukushkin fills a void in our knowledge of the geographic origins, spatial trajectories, and ethnic composition of early twentieth-century Canadian immigration from Eastern Europe. From Peasants to Labourers also provides important insights into the nature of ethnic identity formation through an exploration of the meaning of "Russianness" in early twentieth-century Canada. ER -