{"product_id":"quai-21-une-histoire-paperback","title":"Quai 21: Une Histoire - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSteven Schwinghamer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJan Raska\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween 1928 and 1971, nearly one million immigrants landed in Canada at Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDuring those years, it was one of the main ocean immigration facilities in Canada, including when it welcomed home nearly 400,000 Canadians after service overseas during the Second World War. In the immediate postwar period, Pier 21 became the busiest ocean port of entry in the country. Today, people across Canada still enjoy connections to Pier 21 through family history and stories of arrival at the site. Since 1998, researchers at the Pier 21 Interpretive Centre and now the Canadian Museum of Immigration have been conducting interviews, reviewing archival materials, gathering written stories, and acquiring photographs, documents, and other objects reflecting the history of Pier 21. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eQuai 21: Une histoire (also available in English: Pier 21: A History) builds upon the resulting collection. It presents a richly illustrated history of this important Canadian ocean immigration facility during its years of operation and later emergence as a site of public commemoration.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteven Schwinghamer is a historian at the Canadian Museum of Immigration and holds an MA in History from Saint Mary's University. His research and writing focuses on the immigration facility at Pier 21.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 275\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 26, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47500383027449,"sku":"9782760331402","price":97.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/gEdZ8Do04r9782760331402.webp?v=1773260379","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/quai-21-une-histoire-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}