Re-framing the narrative / Transnational migration in settler-colonial contexts / Part II Thobani, S. (2007) Exalted Subjects: Studies in the Making of Race and Nation in Canada (pp.3-102). Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press.
– Introduction: Of Exaltation (pp.3-29)
– Chapter 1: Founding a Lawful Nation (34-64)
– Chapter 2: Nationals, Citizens and Others (68-102)
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