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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Figures and Tables -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART I - FARMING, CULTURE, AND MIGRATION: THE NETHERLANDS AND ONTARIO -- I. The Netherlands: the Country of Origin -- II. Ontario: A Province of Immigrants -- III. Dutch Farm Immigrants Prior to World War Two -- PART II - DUTCH FARM IMMIGRANTS AFTER WORLD WAR II -- IV. The Netherlands-Canada Settlement Scheme -- V. Becoming a Canadian Farmer -- VI. Learning and Getting Ahead -- VII. Dutch Farmers Different Regions -- VIII. Forming Communities and Institutions -- IX. Getting Politically Involved -- X. A Profile of Dutch-Canadian Farmers -- XI. Three Generations of Farmers: Continuity and Discontinuity -- PART III - THE DUTCH PRESENCE IN ONTARIO AGRICULTURE -- XII. Demographics and Spatial Distribution -- XIII. Crop Specialization and Agribusiness -- XIV. The European-Dutch Corporate Connection -- XV. The Newcomers -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Appendix (Dual Scaling) -- Index.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The History of a Ranchero Economy -- 3. Village Politics and Class Structure: An Analysis -- 4. Landowners as 'Revolutionaries' 1910-32 -- 5. Agrarianism as Politics 1932-44 -- 6. PRI Patronage and Factional Politics 1945-6o -- 7. Middle Peasants in the Struggle for Land -- 8. A Case Study of Co-optation 1960-76 -- 9. Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Appendix: The Most Important Documents Found in the Archives of Jacala and Pisaflores -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Schryer's central argument is that ethnic groups are as much modern "myths" as they are integral components of a socially constructed reality. Focusing on the large cohort of immigrants from the Netherlands and the former Dutch East Indies who arrived in Canada between 1947 and 1960, Schryer shows how the Dutch, despite a loss of ethnic identity and a high level of linguistic assimilation, replicated many aspects of their homeland. While illustrating and illuminating the diversity among immigrants sharing a common national origin, Schryer keeps sight of what is common among them. In doin