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Author Deverell, Rita Shelton, 1945- author.

Title American refugees : turning to Canada for freedom / Rita Shelton Deverell
Published Regina, Saskatchewan : University of Regina Press, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 270 pages) : illustrations, portraits
Series The Regina collection
Regina collection.
Contents Introduction : allegiance to all her heirs and successors -- Opening snapshots : loyal to what and to whom? -- Canadian loyalty tested : the defensive spots -- American loyalty tested : the McCarthy era -- Faces turned toward Canada : Vietnam War resisters -- Closing snapshots : their status is "pending" -- Epilogue : build on it
Summary "When it became clear that Donald Trump would become the new US president on election night in 2016, the website for Citizenship and Immigration Canada crashed. It was overwhelmed by Americans afraid that the United States would once again enter a period of intolerance and military aggression. In American Refugees, Rita Shelton Deverell shows that from the Revolutionary War to the Underground Railroad through to McCarthyism and Vietnam, Americans have fled to Canada in times of crisis. Many still flee. All have sought better lives, while helping to shape Canada into the country it is today."-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Americans -- Canada -- History
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration
Americans
Emigration and immigration
SUBJECT Canada -- Emigration and immigration
United States -- Emigration and immigration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140040
Subject Canada
United States
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019394370
ISBN 9780889776272
0889776261
088977627X
9780889776265