Chinatowns [[electronic resource] ] : towns within cities in Canada / / David Chuenyan Lai

• Autore: Lai Chuen-yan David <1937-2018.>
• Pubblicazione: Vancouver, : University of British Columbia Press, 1988
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (382 p.)
• Disciplina: 971/.004951
• Soggetto topico: Chinese - Canada - History; Chinese - British Columbia - Victoria - History
• Soggetto geografico: Victoria (B.C.) History
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro; Contents; Figures; Tables; Plates; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; PART ONE: CANADIAN CHINATOWNS; PART TWO: VICTORIA'S CHINATOWN; PART THREE: CONCLUSION; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index; 2 Entry without Restriction; 3 Chinatowns in British Columbia; 4 From Restriction to Exclusion; 5 Vicissitudes of Old Chinatowns; 6 Postwar Arrival of New Immigrants; 7 Postwar Chinatowns; 8 The Budding Period, 1858-1870's; 9 The Blooming Period, 1880's-1910's; 10 The Withering Period, 1920's-1970's; 11 The Reviving Period, 1980's; 12 Retrospect and Prospect ; 1 Chinese Canadians Elected to Public Office, 1957-June 19882 Chinese Canadians Appointed to the Order of Canada, 1976-July 1988; 3 Chinese Canadians Awarded Honorary Citizenship, City of Victoria, 1971-June 1988
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is a definitive history of Chinatowns in Canada. From instant Chinatowns in gold- and coal-mining communities to new Chinatowns which have sprung up in city neighbourhoods and suburbs since World War II, it portrays the changing landscapes and images of Chinatowns from the late nineteenth century to the present. It also includes a detailed case study of Victoria's Chinatown, the earliest such settlement in Canada. The culmination of twenty years of research, which has included detailed surveys of over fifty Chinatowns in North America and interviews with numerous community leaders and city planners in all major Chinatowns in Canada, this book explains why Historic Chinatowns are seen as important by Chinese today and why they may survive despite the competing attractions of New Chinatowns. It also sheds new light on the chracteristics of these communities and provides useful insights for geographers, historians, sociologists and anthropologists.
• Titolo autorizzato: Chinatowns
• ISBN: 1-283-22615-4; 9786613226150; 0-7748-5679-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780684203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II