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The voyage of the Komagata Maru : the Sikh challenge to Canada's colour bar / Hugh J.M. Johnston.
Van Pelt Library F1035.S54 J646 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnston, Hugh J. M., 1939- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Komagatamaru (Ship)--History.
- Komagatamaru (Ship).
- Sikhs--Canada--History.
- Sikhs.
- Sikhs--Government policy--Canada--History--20th century.
- Noncitizens.
- History.
- Emigration and immigration.
- Government policy.
- Canada--Emigration and immigration--Government policy--History--20th century.
- Canada.
- India--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- India.
- Noncitizens--Canada--History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 254 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- Expanded and fully revised edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Vancouver : UBC Press, 2014.
- Summary:
- This new and expanded edition offers the most thoroughly researched account of the notorious Koradgata Mari incident. The event centres on the ships nearly four hundred Punjab passengers, who sought entry into Canada at Vancouver in the summer of 1914 only to be chased away by a Canadian warship. This story became a symbol of prejudicial immigration policies, which Canadians today reject and served to fuel the emerging anti-British movement in India. It deserves the careful re-examination it gets in this thoroughly updated edition that provides a contemporary perspective on a defining moment in Canadian, British Empire, and Indian history. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 Exclusion: A Hidden Policy 10
- 2 Education: A Political Awakening 21
- 3 Encouragement: Disputing the Law Successfully 38
- 4 Departure: A Punjabi Emigrant Ship from Hong Kong 53
- 5 Arrival: Stopped at Canada's Gateway 68
- 6 Delay: Stalling by Officials 82
- 7 The Court of Appeal: Canada's Policy Upheld 94
- 8 Force: The Police Repulsed 107
- 9 Intimidation: Facing a Navy Cruiser 124
- 10 Return: A Tragic Homecoming 142
- 11 Arrest and Detention: The Aftermath of the Budge Budge Riot 160
- 12 Surrender: Gaining National Attention in India 176
- 13 Assassination: An Ending and a Beginning 189.
- Notes:
- Revision of: The voyage of the Komagata Maru : the Sikh challenge to Canada's colour bar / Hugh Johnston. -- Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press, 1989.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Johnston, Hugh J. M., 1939-, author. Voyage of the Komagata Maru.
- ISBN:
- 9780774825481
- 0774825480
- OCLC:
- 870562610
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