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The document critiques traditional views on European immigration to Canada from 1896 to 1919, arguing that many immigrants became unskilled industrial workers rather than agricultural settlers. It highlights the ethnic and class tensions between immigrant workers and the Anglo-Canadian business community, particularly during World War I and the Red Scare of 1919, which led to significant changes in immigration policy. The paper emphasizes that economic factors often outweighed cultural and ideological consi

Author

suburbanw7

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EN