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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
李東海. 李東海著. ; David Tung-hai Li |
| OCLC Number: | 34454186 |
| Description: | 46, 527 p. ill., maps. 21 cm. |
| Other Titles: | History of Chinese in Canada |
| Responsibility: | Li Donghai zhu. |
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A History of Chinese in Canada
This is a 517-page book on the history of the Chinese in Canada, in 20 chapters:
1. Preface; 2. A review of Sino-Canadian relations; 3. The background reasons for Chinese immigration to Canada; 4. Conditions facing the Chinese immigrants during the goldrush period; 5. The establishment...
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This is a 517-page book on the history of the Chinese in Canada, in 20 chapters:
1. Preface; 2. A review of Sino-Canadian relations; 3. The background reasons for Chinese immigration to Canada; 4. Conditions facing the Chinese immigrants during the goldrush period; 5. The establishment of Chinatowns and the Chinese immigrant economy; 6. The Chinese and the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway; 7. The beginnings of anti-Chinese movements and the representations made by special envoys; 8. The so-called 'royal investigative report' (the "Canadian Royal Commission on Chinese Immigration"); 9. The establishment of Chinese associations; 10. The conflicts among secret societies and their aftermath; 11. The visit of Li Hongzhang to Canada; 12. The visit of Kang Youwei to Canada and the establishment of the Baohuanghui (Chinese Empire Reform Association of Canada); 13. The visit of Sun Yat-sen to Canada and the establishment of the revolutionary party (Tongmenghui); 14. The arts and culture among Chinese immigrants; 15. The repeal of anti-Chinese rules and regulations; 16. The character of Chinese immigrants and the evolution of their thought. 17. Occupational changes among the Chinese, and a temporal comparison of wages; 18. Statistics on the number of Chinese immigrants over the last 100 years; 19. Contributions of the Chinese to Canada and to their ancestral land; 20. The prospects for Canada's Chinese immigrants.
Appendices: A chronology of major events, 1856 - 1967; A list of major works cited (in English and Chinese); A Postscript; The most recent revisions to Canadian Immigration law; and a list of important names in the history of Chinese immigrants to Canada.
Illustrated with photographs and maps.
A copy of this book is held in the Governor Gary Locke Library, Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience, Seattle, Washington State, USA.
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