Passage to promise land [[electronic resource] ] : voices of Chinese immigrant women to Canada / / Vivienne Poy
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| Autore: |
Poy Vivienne <1941->
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| Titolo: |
Passage to promise land [[electronic resource] ] : voices of Chinese immigrant women to Canada / / Vivienne Poy
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| Pubblicazione: | Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (287 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 305.48/4120971 |
| Soggetto topico: | Chinese - Canada |
| Women immigrants - Canada | |
| Women immigrants - Canada - Social conditions - 20th century | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Passage to promise land |
| ISBN: | 0-7735-8839-6 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910452724003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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