Departing from the usual conceptions of Punjabi migrants as submissive participants in Canada's industrial progress, as well as the conventional wisdom that Pun

Archana Verma's powerful and vivid narrative focuses on a specific community in a particular time-frame, namely the Punjabi diaspora in twentieth century Canada

`A coherent and lively tale that traces in considerable detail the evolution of Canadian immigration policy.' Christopher G. Anderson, Journal of Canadian Studi

Contrasting immigrant experiences in remote regions and metropolitan centres of Canada.

Given the massive demographic changes in the United States during the past few decades, understanding the place of immigrants in the public sphere has never bee