The world in a city

Anisef, Paul. (Added Author). Lanphier, C. Michael. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0802035604 (cloth)
ISBN: 0802084362 (paper)
Physical Description: print
viii, 543 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c2003.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [479]-521) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: Immigration and the Accommodation of Diversity / Paul Anisef and Michael Lanphier -- 1. Becoming an Immigrant City: A History of Immigration into Toronto since the Second World War / Harold Troper -- 2. Immigrants in the Greater Toronto Area: A Sociodemographic Overview / Clifford Jansen and Lawrence Lam -- 3. Towards a Comfortable Neighbourhood and Appropriate Housing: Immigrant Experiences in Toronto / Robert A. Murdie and Carlos Teixeira -- 4. Immigrants' Economic Status in Toronto: Stories of Triumph and Disappointment / Valerie Preston, Lucia Lo and Shuguang Wang -- 5. Immigrant Students and Schooling in Toronto, 1960s to 1990s / Carl E. James and Barbara Burnaby -- 6. Diversity and Immigrant Health / Samuel Noh and Violet Kaspar -- 7. Images of Integrating Diversity: A Photographic Essay / Gabriele Scardellato -- 8. Integrating Community Diversity in Toronto: On Whose Terms? / Myer Siemiatycki, Tim Rees, Roxana Ng and Khan Rahi -- 9. World in a City: A View from Policy / Meyer Burstein and Howard Duncan -- Epilogue: Blockages to Opportunity / Michael Lanphier and Paul Anisef.