Immigrant families in historical perspective: the experiences of Polish pioneers in Winnipeg, 1896-1919 Cover Image

Rodzina imigrancka z perspektywy historycznej: doświadczenia polskich pionierów w Winnipeg, 1896-1919
Immigrant families in historical perspective: the experiences of Polish pioneers in Winnipeg, 1896-1919

Author(s): Łukasz Albański
Subject(s): History, Social Sciences, Sociology, Recent History (1900 till today), Family and social welfare
Published by: Zakład Historii Edukacji w Instytucie Pedagogiki Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
Keywords: immigrant family; migration; gender; family relations; adaptation; Poles in Canada

Summary/Abstract: This paper focuses on an early Polish family life in Winnipeg. The family often served as a mechanism to reduce a sense of dislocation and to facilitateimmigrants' adaptation. The family was also the primary economic unit. The family relations were affected by gender. Both immigrant men and women found them selves reconsidering traditional roles. Somehow immigration tested their family roles innewways.

  • Issue Year: I/2011
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 205-218
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: English, Polish