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PublisherWilfrid Laurier University Press

ISBN-100889203539

ISBN-139780889203532

eBay Product ID (ePID)1731090

Product Key Features

Number of Pages344 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameBetween a Rock and a Hard Place : a Historical Geography of the Finns in the Sudbury Area

Publication Year1999

SubjectGenealogy & Heraldry, Canada / General

TypeNot Available

AuthorOiva W. Saarinen

Subject AreaRéférence, History

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight20.1 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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LCCN2001-431182

ReviewsReading Between a Rock and Hard Place was a moving experience for me, as names and faces of people who were part of my childhood are not only placed in the historical context, but given respect and honour. The challenges facing the early immigrants are almost impossible to imagine, yet Oiva Saarinen has made them come alive - a remarkable achievement in a historical text., Reading Between a Rock and Hard Place was a moving experience for me, as names and faces of people who were part of my childhood are not only placed in the historical context, but given respect and honour. The challenges facing the early immigrants are almost impossible to imagine, yet Oiva Saarinen has made them come alive -- a remarkable achievement in a historical text.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal971.3/13300494541

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

Table Of ContentTable of Contents for Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A Historical Geography of the Finns in the Sudbury Area by Oiva W. Saarinen List of Tables, Figures, Maps, Aerial Photograph and Biographies Acknowledgments Introduction I. Finnish Settlement in Canada Immigration Distribution Demographic Characteristics II. Geographical Pattern of Finnish Settlement in the Sudbury Area Migration to the Sudbury Area Distribution Copper Cliff Temporary Mining Camps Company Towns of Garson and Creighton Sudbury and Environs Downtown Donovan Lockerby Rural Enclaves Waters Township Lorne Township (Beaver Lake) Louise Township (Whitefish) Broder Township (Long Lake) Dill, Cleland, Secord and Burwash Townships (Wanup) Post-World War II Trends Lake Panache Recreational Zone Florida as a Winter Destination III. The Great Divide The Legacy of Finland The Influence of Russia/Soviet Union The United States Factor Domestic Factors Early Factionalism in Copper Cliff Shift of Radicalism to Sudbury Socialism and the Labour Movement Vapaus , the FOC and Communism The Comintern and the Bolshevization Controversy The Finnish Crisis Split with the Co-operative Movement Communist Trials and Deportation Karelia-Fever Sale of Liberty Hall Government Surveillance Conservative Countermovement Finnish State Finnish National Society of Sudbury and the Central Organization of Loyal Finns in Canada The Fighting Church Vapaa Sana World War II and Its Aftermath Finnish-Canadian War Effort Left-Wing Suppression Canada-Finland Assistance Finnish Canadian Historical Society Growth and Consolidation of the Church Centennial Year and Finland Week Decline of FOC, COLFC and Vapaus Finnish Canadian Cultural Federation Finnish Institutions and the Canadianization Process IV. Finns in the Workplace Labour Force (1883-1945) Transportation Mining and Construction Lumbering Farming Workers' Rights and the Labour Movement Gender Equality in the Labour Force White-Collar Pursuits Post-World War II Employment V. Finnish Cultural Contributions to the Sudbury Area Sports Athletic Clubs Wrestling/Bodybuilding Cross-Country Skiing Track and Field Gymnastics The Summer Festival Tradition Performing Arts The Sauna Knights and Ladies of Kaleva Organizations Sudbury Finnish Rest Home Society Sudbury Suomi Lions Club Finnish War Veterans (Sudbury) Finnish Language Schools Symbolic Ethnicity VI. Conclusions and Retrospect Notes Bibliography Index

SynopsisSince 1883 Finnish immigrants in Sudbury, men and women alike, have striven to improve their lot through the options available to them. This penetrating study of the cultural geography of the Finns in the region provides an international, national and local framework for analysis - a model for future studies of other cultural groups., Where else can that well-known phrase be better applied than to a study of the Finns in Sudbury? "Rock" defines the physical reality of the Sudbury setting: rugged hills, mines, farms and forests set in the Precambrian Shield. "Hard" defines the human setting: Finnish immigrants having to contend with the problems and stresses of relocating to a new culture, with livelihoods that required great endurance as well as a tolerance for hazardous conditions. Since 1883 Finnish immigrants in Sudbury, men and women alike, have striven to improve their lot through the options available to them. Despite great obstacles, the Finns never flagged in their unwavering fight for workers' rights and the union movement. And as agricultural settlers, labour reformers, builders of churches, halls, saunas and athletic fields, Finns left an indelible imprint on the physical and human landscape. In the process they have played an integral part in the transformation of Sudbury from a small struggling rail town to its present role as regional capital of northwestern Ontario. This penetrating study of the cultural geography of the Finns in the Sudbury region provides an international, national and local framework for analysis -- a model for future studies of other cultural groups.

LC Classification NumberF1059.5.S85S23 1999