“An Icelandic Driver”: J. Magnús Bjarnason’s Story as a History of Immigrant Hierarchy and Antisemitism in Nineteenth-Century Halifax: An Introduction

This introduction to “An Icelandic Driver” by Jóhann Magnús Bjarnason aims to provide a critical context for reading the text. The story portrays Halifax as a city of immigrants and depicts the otherwise underdiscussed histories of urban Icelandic immigration. It also relies, however, on the struct...

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Main Author: Jay L. Lalonde
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Alberta Library 2023-04-01
Series:Scandinavian-Canadian Studies
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Online Access:https://scancan.net/index.php/scancan/article/view/214