This Pilgrim Nation: The Making of the Portuguese Diaspora in Postwar North America

This book tells the transnational history of Portuguese communities in Canada and the United States against the backdrop of the Cold War, the Portuguese Colonial Wars, the American Civil Rights Movement, and Canadian multiculturalism.

Author: Gilberto Fernandes
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 01/17/2020
Pages: 424
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781442630666

About the Author
Fernandes, Gilberto: - Dr. Gilberto Fernandes earned his doctoral degree in 2014 at York University, where he has since been a Post-Doctoral Visitor with the Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies and the Department of History. His research on the history of Portuguese migration, ethnicity, race, and international relations in North America has been published in various refereed journals. Together with his academic work, Dr. Fernandes is an active public historian and documentary filmmaker involved in multiple initiatives in Toronto, including the Portuguese Canadian History Project, of which he is co-founder and president since 2008; and the multidimensional project "City Builders: A History of Immigrant Construction Workers in Postwar Toronto," winner of the 2019 Lieutenant Governor's Ontario Heritage Award for Excellence in Conservation.

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