Passage to promise land [[electronic resource] ] : voices of Chinese immigrant women to Canada / / Vivienne Poy

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452724003321
• Autore: Poy Vivienne <1941->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2013
• ISBN: 0-7735-8839-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (287 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.48/4120971
• Soggetti: Chinese - Canada; Women immigrants - Canada; Women immigrants - Canada - Social conditions - 20th century; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1 Introduction -- 2 Reuniting Families -- 3 The Formation of Chinese Canadian Identity -- 4 Picture Brides, Paper Sons, and Paper Daughters -- 5 Enter Those with Education and Language Skills -- 6 They Came for Higher Education -- 7 Multiculturalism and Chinese Canadian Identity -- 8 Racism and Business Immigration -- 9 Women in the New Chinese Canadian Communities -- 10 Conclusion -- Afterword -- Appendices. 1 Interviewees ; 2 The Points System ; 3 Changes in Name of the Department of Immigration ; 4 Legislation and Regulations Pertaining to the Chinese, 1867-1990.