{"product_id":"9780228013952-boundaries-of-ethnicity","title":"The Boundaries of Ethnicity","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGerman Immigration and the Language of Belonging in Ontario\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBenjamin Bryce considers what it meant to be German in Ontario between 1880 and 1930. For the Germans who make up the core of this study, the distinction between insiders and outsiders was often unclear. \u003ci\u003eThe Boundaries of Ethnicity\u003c\/i\u003e uncovers some of the origins of Canadian multiculturalism, and government’s attempts to manage this diversity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, European settlers from diverse backgrounds transformed Ontario. By 1881, German speakers made up almost ten per cent of the province’s population and the German language was spoken in businesses, public schools, churches, and homes. German speakers in Ontario – children, parents, teachers, and religious groups – used their everyday practices and community institutions to claim a space for bilingualism and religious diversity within Canadian society. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Boundaries of Ethnicity\u003c\/i\u003e Benjamin Bryce considers what it meant to be German in Ontario between 1880 and 1930. He explores how the children of immigrants acquired and negotiated the German language and how religious communities relied on language to reinforce social networks. For the Germans who make up the core of this study, the distinction between insiders and outsiders was often unclear. Boundaries were crossed as often as they were respected. German ethnicity in this period was fluid, and increasingly interventionist government policies and the dynamics of generational change also shaped the boundaries of ethnicity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGerman speakers, together with immigrants from other countries and Canadians of different ethnic backgrounds, created a framework that defined relationships between the state, the public sphere, ethnic spaces, family, and religion in Canada that would persist through the twentieth century. \u003ci\u003eThe Boundaries of Ethnicity\u003c\/i\u003e uncovers some of the origins of Canadian multiculturalism and government attempts to manage this diversity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40867891445857,"sku":"9780228013952","price":30.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_37505612_a88e75c6-1025-4cf9-ac59-191cc51a3ebd.jpg?v=1762101584","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780228013952-boundaries-of-ethnicity","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}