Table of Contents

Introduction: The Immigrant: Actor or Outcast; Cabato and other Parentela: The Uses of the Italian-Canadian Past; Italian Emigration: Reconsidering the Links in Chain Migration; Canada as a Target for Trade and Emigration in Post-Unification Italian Writing; Workers without a Cause: Italian Immigrant Labour in Montreal, 1880-1930; Beyond the Frozen Wastes: Italian Sojourners and Settlers in British Columbia; Indian Art and Artists in 19th Century Quebec: A Few Preliminary Observations; The Italians of Quebec: Key Participants in Contemporary Linguistic and Political Debates; Contemporary Italo-Canadian Literature; Italo-Canadian Poetry and Ethnic Semiosis in the Post-modern Context; Name Index.

About the Author

Roberto Perin and Franc Sturino are both assistant professors of history at Atkinson College, York University.