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Article: Kazimierz Patalas (ed.) Providence Watching: Journeys from Wartorn Poland to the Canadian Prairies.(Book Review)
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- Manitoba History
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- September 22, 2004
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Kazimierz Patalas (ed.) Providence Watching: Journeys from Wartorn Poland to the Canadian Prairies. Translated by Zbigniew Izydorczyk. Introduction by Daniel Stone. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 2004, ISBN 0-88755-674-4, $19.95.
Canada's creation as an immigrant nation, whose foundation as a white-settler colony forged in the subjugation of Aboriginal people and racist displays toward ethnic individuals has yielded an ever expanding body of historical literature. This rich historiography on immigration has morphed from the impersonal, large scale, nation-building narratives of the early twentieth century into post-structural analyses that apply insights ...