The Slow Assimilation of British Immigrants in Canada: Evidence from Montreal and Toronto, 1901

Explorations in Economic History

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 315-338

  Green, Alan ^a   MacKinnon, Mary ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assimilation; British immigrants; Census data; Occupational choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013322530     PISSN: 00144983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exeh.2000.0769     Document Type: Article

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