Families, lovers, and their letters : Italian postwar migration to Canada /

"From dust-covered basement boxes and trunks of ordinary people, here comes a path-breaking study of one of the most important migration movements of the postwar era. This is historical interdisciplinary analysis at its best, and certainly bound to make us discover or re-think the complex emoti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cancian, Sonia, 1965-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Winnipeg [Man.] : University of Manitoba Press, ©2010
Series:Studies in immigration and culture ; 4.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • "Excuse the errors, I'm writing at night by oil lamp ..." : postwar Italian migrants and their letters
  • "Even though distance has now kept us apart ..." : kinship across networks
  • "My dear, you will have nothing else to do but ..." : gender relations and dynamics
  • "My dearest love ..." : emotions at a distance.