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Footprints : the Hungarian legacy in Canada / Nándor Dreisziger.

by Dreisziger, N. F. (Nándor F.).

The Hungarian Studies Review, 2017..

971.00494 D771f

Hungarians -- Canada -- History.

Hungarians -- Canada -- Biography.

Hungarian Canadians -- History.

Canada -- Emigration and immigration.

9781775029311 (pbk.)

Alternate title:

Hungarian legacy in Canada

124 p. ; 22 cm.

"The publication of this book has been subsidized by the Government of Hungary"--Page two of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [121]-124).

1. Canada, a nation of immigrants: an introduction -- 2. The era of pioneer settlers -- 3. The age of the interwar immigrants -- 4. The age of the displaced persons -- 5. The era of the refugees -- 6. The post-1956 decades -- 7. Canadians from Hungary who left positive footprints -- 8. Further readings.

"This little book tries to tell [the story of Hungarian immigrants to Canada], from the time they lived on Canada's agricultural, lumber, and mining frontier to recent decades when the predominant majority of them resided in the country's metropolitan areas. Special attention is paid to the contributions they had made to Canada's evolution from a provider of staples and resouces to a diverse nation wtih a modern economy and sophisticated culture." -- back cover.

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