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Second Promised Land: Migration to Alberta and the Transformation of Canadian Society

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I had the opportunity to the Second Promised Land as a textbook for one of my classes and I have to say, I was very impressed by the depth of the book and the coverage of different topics it provides. It was very insightful and indepth and the author was not afraid to state any shortcomings his research might have had.

Although this is focused on internal migration, it would've been nice if Hiller talked in more detail about ethnic minorities / racial minorities and how it affects internal migration for those people. It would've taken a macro idea and kind of brought it down to the micro level.

It's very detailed, so if you just want an overview, you will probably want to look further. Also, a lot of primary research is presented instead of just saying most people said this, he actually provides snippets of what they said, which is really nice.

All in all, I very good book about internal migration to Alberta. Definitely worth a read!