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Second Promised Land : Migration to Alberta and the Transformation of Canadian Society.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (527 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780773576872
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Second Promised LandDDC classification:
  • 304.80971
LOC classification:
  • HB3530 A333 H652 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Migration to Alberta in Perspective -- 2 The Old West and the New West -- 3 The Two Waves of In-migration -- 4 The Role of Energy Hydrocarbons -- 5 Migration as Voluntaristic Behavior -- 6 The Migrant and the Migration Process -- 7 Migration as Negotiating Place -- 8 The Context of Out-migration -- 9 The Migrant Encounters the Destination -- 10 Social Capital and Adjustment at the Destination -- 11 Women and Migration -- 12 The Internet and Migration -- 13 The Three Island Thesis: Folk Culture and the Myth of Return -- 14 The Effect of Migration on Origin Communities -- 15 Reassessing Migration -- 16 Conclusion -- Appendix: Methodology and Tables -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
Summary: Exploring the realities behind the "Alberta Advantage" and the redistribution of the Canadian population.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Migration to Alberta in Perspective -- 2 The Old West and the New West -- 3 The Two Waves of In-migration -- 4 The Role of Energy Hydrocarbons -- 5 Migration as Voluntaristic Behavior -- 6 The Migrant and the Migration Process -- 7 Migration as Negotiating Place -- 8 The Context of Out-migration -- 9 The Migrant Encounters the Destination -- 10 Social Capital and Adjustment at the Destination -- 11 Women and Migration -- 12 The Internet and Migration -- 13 The Three Island Thesis: Folk Culture and the Myth of Return -- 14 The Effect of Migration on Origin Communities -- 15 Reassessing Migration -- 16 Conclusion -- Appendix: Methodology and Tables -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.

Exploring the realities behind the "Alberta Advantage" and the redistribution of the Canadian population.

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