Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Abbreviations xi
5. Introduction 3
6. PART ONE. Beginnings, 1768–1890
7. 1. Foundations in the Colonial Era 13
8. 2. Pedlars and Settlers on the Urban Frontiers 37
9. 3. Victorian Montreal and Western Settlement 62
10. PART TWO. Emergence of a National Community, 1890–1919
11. 4. Travails of Urbanization 93
12. 5. ‘Corner of Pain and Anguish’ 126
13. 6. Zionism, Protest, and Reform 165
14. PART THREE. Between the Wars, 1919–1939
15. 7. Jewish Geography of the 1920s and 1930s 199
16. 8. Clothing and Politics 242
17. 9. The Politics of Marginality 283
18. PART FOUR. The Second World War and Beyond, 1940–2008
19. 11. Into Battle 371
20. 12. Post-war Readjustments 401
21. 13. Jewish Ethnicity in Multicultural Canada, 1960–1980 427
22. 14. Complexities and Uncertainties 459
23. Epilogue: Oyfn Veg (On the Road) 489
24. Appendix: Jewish Population of Major Canadian Cities, 1891–2001 497
25. Notes 501
26. A Select Bibliography of Secondary Sources 599
27. Index 607