TY - BOOK AU - Ramirez,Bruno TI - Crossing the 49th Parallel: Migration from Canada to the United States, 1900–1930 SN - 9781501729584 U1 - 973/.0411 23 PY - 2018///] CY - Ithaca, NY PB - Cornell University Press KW - Canadian Americans KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Immigrants KW - United States KW - Political Science & Political History KW - Sociology & Social Science KW - U.S. History KW - HISTORY / United States / 20th Century KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; 1. Societies in Motion in Nineteenth-Century North America --; 2. The Rise of the Border --; 3. Emigration from French Canada to the United States --; 4. Emigration from English Canada, 1900-1930 --; 5. The Remigration Movement from Canada --; Conclusion --; Appendix --; Notes --; Index; restricted access N2 - In the hundred years ending in 1930, an estimated 2.8 million Canadians moved south of the 49th Parallel and settled in the United States. The human and technical resources they brought made Canadian immigrants integral to the growth of New England, the Great Lakes region, and the west coast. Crossing the 49th Parallel is the first book to encompass that entire, continent-wide population shift. It brings Canadian migration to the center of both Canadian and U.S. history.Bruno Ramirez researches the contents of previously unused border records to bring to light the wide variety of local contexts and historical circumstances that led Canadian men, women, and children to cross the border and become key actors in the U.S. economy and society. Ramirez goes beyond these statistical data, consulting qualitative sources and case studies to reveal the motives and aspirations of individuals and family groups.The comparative perspective of Crossing the 49th Parallel allows Ramirez to explain the distinctive roles of French- and Anglo-Canadians in the immigrant movement. By shifting the viewpoint from a continental to a transatlantic one, Ramirez also unveils Canada's important role in international migration; it served as a temporary destination for many Europeans who subsequently remigrated to the United States UR - https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501729584 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501729584 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501729584/original ER -