Chinese community leadership [[electronic resource] ] : case study of Victoria in Canada / / David Chuenyan Lai

• Autore: Lai Chuen-yan David <1937-2018.>
• Pubblicazione: Singapore, : World Scientific, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (284 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.8951071128
• Soggetto topico: Community leadership - British Columbia - Victoria; Chinese - British Columbia - Victoria - History - 19th century; Chinese - British Columbia - Victoria - History - 20th century
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Figures; Tables; Plates; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Establishment of CCBA, 1884-1885; 3 Oligarchic Rule, 1884-1890s; 4 Functions and Activities, 1884-1890s; 5 Organizational Growth, 1890s-1930s; 6 Democratic Rule, 1900s-1930s; 7 Political Dominance, 1940s-1960s; 8 Nominal Leadership, 1970s-2000s; 9 Retrospect and Prospect; Appendices; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book presents an in-depth research into 125 years of the history of the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association in City of Victoria as a case study of Chinese community leadership and operation of a Chinese government within a municipal government in Canada. It does not examine only one association in one city. Instead, it provides an overview of the socio-economic and political activities of the Chinese in Canada before the turn of the twentieth century, their relationship with Western communities, and the Association's inter-relationship with China and other parts of the world. The
• Titolo autorizzato: Chinese community leadership
• ISBN: 1-282-76346-6; 9786612763465; 981-4295-18-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780879603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II