{"product_id":"being-german-canadian-history-memory-generations-9780887558474","title":"Being German Canadian: History, Memory, Generations","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeing German Canadian\u003c\/em\u003e explores how multi-generational families and groups have interacted and shaped each other's integration and adaptation in Canadian society, focusing on the experiences, histories, and memories of German immigrants and their descendants. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs one of Canada's largest ethnic groups, German Canadians allow for a variety of longitudinal and multi-generational studies that explore how different generations have negotiated and transmitted diverse individual experiences, collective memories, and national narratives. Drawing on recent research in memory and migration studies, this volume studies how twentieth-century violence shaped the integration of immigrants and their descendants. More broadly, the collection seeks to document the state of the field in German-Canadian history. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeing German Canadian\u003c\/em\u003e brings together senior and junior scholars from History and related disciplines to investigate the relationship between, and significance of, the concepts of generation and memory for the study of immigration and ethnic history. It aims to move immigration historiography towards exploring the often fraught relationship among different immigrant generations--whether generation is defined according to age cohort or era of arrival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFreund, Alexander:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlexander Freund \u003c\/strong\u003eis professor of History at the University of Winnipeg, where he holds the Chair in German-Canadian Studies and was a founding director of the Oral History Centre. He is the author of\u003cem\u003eOral History and Ethnic History\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Manitoba Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50377603252498,"sku":"9780887558474","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_60992288-8b76-4aa7-a00a-121be4d14481.jpg?v=1728627280","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/being-german-canadian-history-memory-generations-9780887558474","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}