"A gallimaufry of often-perceptive ruminations by a good-natured and long-standing observer of all things Ukrainian, Gathering a Heritage represents a scholarly memento worth having." -- Lubomyr Luciuk, Department of Political Science, Royal Military College of Canada "The essays in Gathering a Heritage are tributes to those individuals who spearheaded the difficult and frustrating drive of the Ukrainian community in Canada to win recognition for its often belittled, suspected, or ignored culture, language, and history. Thomas Prymak is an established scholar of Ukrainian and Ukrainian Canadian history. His essays are meticulously researched, carefully written, and interesting and informative without being dogmatic." -- Oleh Gerus, Department of History, University of Manitoba

Since the 1970s and 1980s, the study of immigration and ethnicity has grown to become an essential aspect of North American history. In Gathering a Heritage, Thomas M. Prymak uses the essays and articles he has written over the past thirty years as a historian of Ukrainian and Ukrainian Canadian history to reflect on the evolution of ethnic studies in Canada and the United States.

The essays included in this book explore the history of Ukrainian and Slavonic immigration to North America and the literature through which these communities and their historians have sought to recapture their past. Each previously published essay is revised and expanded and several more appear here for the first time – including the fascinating story of French Canadian writer Gabrielle Roy’s connections with Ukrainian Canadians and her tumultuous affair with a Ukrainian Canadian nationalist in pre-war London.

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‘This well-written volume is worth-while for those interested in emigration and immigration history. It is also good window into the ethnic dynamics of Canada’s Prairie Provinces.’

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‘This collection will be highly useful addition to the library of any scholar or student who is seeking to understand the often complex historiography of Ukrainian and Slavic studies.’

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‘This collection will be highly useful addition to the library of any scholar or student who is seeking to understand the often complex historiography of Ukrainian and Slavic studies.’