For the Temporary Accommodation of Settlers: Architecture and Immigrant Reception in Canada, 1870-1930 Volume 33

by David Monteyne

For immigrants making the transoceanic journey from Europe or Asia to North America, the experience of a new country began when they disembarked. In Canada the federal government built a network of buildings that provided newcomers with shelter, services, and state support. "Immigration sheds" such as Pier 21 in Halifax - where ocean liners would dock and global migrants arrived and were processed - had many counterparts across the country: new arrivals...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0228006384
• ISBN13: 9780228006381
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 344 Pages