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Title: | TO DIE A 'CANADIAN': How Nineteenth-Century European Immigrants Influenced the Culture of Death in Canada |
Authors: | Shirley, Kimberly Donna |
Keywords: | Death - Social aspects;Immigration to Canada |
Issue Date: | 2016 |
Abstract: | To understand the mystery of why modern attitudes toward death assumed their current forms, it is necessary to explore their socio-historical roots. This thesis focuses specifically on the cultural interpretations of death shared by the Finns, the Ukrainians, and the Greeks, for each group represents a region in Europe affected by the developments of the Canadian immigration policy, and in turn influenced the cultural landscape of present-day Thunder Bay. |
URI: | http://knowledgecommons.lakeheadu.ca/handle/2453/684 |
metadata.etd.degree.discipline: | History |
metadata.etd.degree.name: | Master of Arts |
metadata.etd.degree.level: | Master |
metadata.dc.contributor.advisor: | Beaulieu, Michel |
Appears in Collections: | Electronic Theses and Dissertations from 2009 |
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