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AN IN-DEPTH STUDY
of European immigrants to Canada during the Cold
War, Gatekeepers explores interactions among
these immigrants and the "gatekeepers" -- mostly
middle-class individuals and institutions whose
definitions of citizenship significantly shaped the
immigrant experience. Iacovetta's deft discussion
examines how dominant bourgeois gender and Cold War
ideologies of the day shaped attitudes towards new
Canadians. She shows how the newcomers themselves
were significant actors who influenced Canadian
culture and society, even as their own behaviour
was being modified.
Generously
illustrated, Gatekeepers explores a side of
Cold War history that has been left largely
untapped. It offers a long overdue Canadian
perspective on one of the defining eras of the last
century.
Franca
Iacovetta is a professor of history at the
University of Toronto. A feminist, labour, gender,
and migration historian, she is the author of
several books on Canadian social history.
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