The Quarriers Story
The Quarriers Story

Author: Anna Magnusson

Publisher: Dundurn

Published: 2006-09

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 1550026550

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These young Canadians speak of their loneliness, the many challenges they endured, and their ultimate achievements as contributing Canadians.".

Home Children Bundle
Home Children Bundle

Author: Mary Pettit

Publisher: Dundurn

Published: 2013-12-26

Total Pages: 933

ISBN-13: 1459727967

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In the early years after Confederation in Canada, the rising nation needed workers that could take advantage of the abundant resources. Until the time of the Depression, 100,000 impoverished children from the British Isles were sent overseas by well-meaning philanthropists to solve the colony’s farm-labour shortage. They were known as the "home children," and they were lonely and frightened youngsters to whom a new life in Canada meant only hardship and abuse. This bundle of titles tells the entire story from many angles and in its many facets, from historical recounting, to genealogical information, to the personal story one such child, Mary Janeway. Includes: The Golden Bridge The Little Immigrants Mary Janeway Nation Builders Whatever Happened to Mary Janeway?

Emigration from Scotland between the wars
Emigration from Scotland between the wars

Author: Marjory Harper

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2017-03-01

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 1526119668

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Emigration from Scotland has always been very high. However, emigration from Scotland between the wars surpassed all records; more people emigrated than were born, leading to an overall population decline. Why was it so many people left? Marjory Harper, whose knowledge is grounded in a deep understanding of the local records, maps out the many factors which worked together to cause this massive diaspora. After an opening section where the author sets the Scottish experience within the context of the rest of the British Isles, the book then divides the country geographically, starting with the Highlands, then coastal Scotland, and the urban Lowland highlighting in turn the factors that particularly influenced each of these areas. Harper then discusses the organised religious and political movements that encouraged emigration. By interweaving personal stories with statistical evidence Harper brings to life the reality behind the dramatic historical migration.