Germans of Waterloo Region

The scope of this Oral History Project is to collect the life stories of German-speaking immigrants to Canada by conducting biographic interviews with members of the German-Canadian community (immigrants from German-speaking central Europe as well as their descendants) who have ties to Waterloo Region of south-western Ontario, Canada. The interviews were video-recorded, transcribed, and the information gathered presented in two distinct ways. The initial presentation is a book which would contain individual community members' recollections of their immigration and settlement experiences. These accounts are embedded within the larger, historical context. The book chapters focus on a variety of migration-related topics, such as life before immigration to Canada, the immigration experience, life after arrival in Canada, work experience, language, and maintaining social and cultural heritage.
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LCSH: Germans--Ontario--Waterloo (Regional Municipality)--History--1938-2011 | LCSH: Germans--Ontario--
Waterloo (Regional Municipality)--Social conditions--1938-2011 | LCSH: Waterloo (Ont. : Regional municipality)--
Emigration and immigration--1938-2011 | LCGFT: Oral histories

Product details

• Authors: Grit Liebscher, Grit Liebscher, Mathias Schulze, Mathias Schulze, Sebastian Siebel-Achenbach, Sebastian Siebel-Achenbach
• Publisher: Harper Collins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2022
• EAN: 9781989048108
• ISBN: 978-1-989048-10-8
• Dimensions: 203 mm x 254 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 662 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Ethnic Studies, Canada, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General