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Greetings from Canada
Postcards from Dutch Immigrants to the Netherlands 1884-1915
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This collection of postcards brings to life the previously untold stories of Dutch immigrants who ventured to Canada from the Netherlands in the late 1800s and early 1900s. These mini-diaries are historically and socially significant as tangible evidence of the legacy of Dutch immigrants and are seldom found in the official records and statistics that serve as the main source of information about the broader immigrant experience. The postcards include snippets of immigrants' working lives, celebrations of milestones and poignant longing for a few words from home.
Jan Krijff was born in the Netherlands and emigrated to Canada in 1968. He has a BA in Economics from the University of Calgary, and a masters degree in history, from Leiden University in the Netherlands. Jan has previously published100 Years Ago: Dutch Immigration to Manitoba in 1893;Een Aangename Vriendschap(An Amicable Friendship);Dutch Gentlemen Adventurers in Canada(with Herman Ganzevoort),andGreetings from Canada: Postcards from Dutch Immigrants to the Netherlands 18841915. The latter received an honourable mention for history in the Indie Fab awards.
- ISBN-13
- 9781926991177
- Publisher
- Granville Island Publishing
- Imprint
- Granville Island Publishing (CA)
- Publication date
- 1 June 2013
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 196
- Dimensions
- 220 x 220 mm
- Illustrations
- colour postcards
- Language
- English
