"We came to Canada and we were going to make it": oral history, agency, and post-Second World War Dutch immigrant children and adolescents in Alberta

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dc.contributor.authorToth, Elaine
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorShaw, Amy
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-15T17:22:28Z
dc.date.available2019-10-15T17:22:28Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractThis project reconceptualizes the immigrant child in a way that underscores their experience as distinct from that of an adult. There is little qualitative research on the histories of Dutch child immigrants and the findings in this thesis draw attention to and help fill this gap. By highlighting the life stories of school-aged Dutch children in southern Alberta and focusing on the complexities they faced during integration, there is opportunity to rethink what has been documented about their roles in the family migration process. This thesis shows how post-Second World War child immigrant memories are worthy of exploration as they serve to enrich our understanding of how children exercised agency and demonstrated independent thought while adjusting to unfamiliar cultural and social practices.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/5562
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.proquest.subject0334en_US
dc.proquest.subject0628en_US
dc.proquest.subject0604en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Department of Historyen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Historyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectDutch immigrantsen_US
dc.subjectimmigrant child life storiesen_US
dc.subjectimmigrant integrationen_US
dc.subjectpost-World War IIen_US
dc.subjectschool aged immigrant childrenen_US
dc.subjectsouthern Albertaen_US
dc.title"We came to Canada and we were going to make it": oral history, agency, and post-Second World War Dutch immigrant children and adolescents in Albertaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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