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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790541103321

Autore

Ross Douglas E

Titolo

An archaeology of Asian transnationalism / / Douglas E. Ross

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gainesville : , : University Press of Florida, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

0-8130-4615-7

0-8130-4845-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Collana

Co-published with The Society for Histor

Disciplina

305.8009711

Soggetti

Chinese - British Columbia - History

Ethnoarchaeology - British Columbia

Immigrants - British Columbia - History

Japanese - British Columbia - History

Social archaeology - British Columbia

British Columbia Antiquities

British Columbia Emigration and immigration History

British Columbia Race relations

China Emigration and immigration History

Japan Emigration and immigration History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Theorizing the Asian migrant experience -- Diaspora and transnationalism -- Don and Lion Islands: historical and archaeological perspectives -- Chinese and Japanese migration in context -- Archaeological evidence from Don Island -- Archaeological evidence from Lion Island -- Asian migrants as transnational consumers.

Sommario/riassunto

An exploration of migration and ethnicity of diasporic communities based on the archaeological study of a community of Chinese and Japanese immigrants in British Columbia.