Chinatowns : towns within cities in Canada / David Chuenyan Lai.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lai, Chuen-yan David, 1937-2018, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese--Canada--History.

Chinese.

Chinese--British Columbia--Victoria--History.

Victoria (B.C.)--History.

Victoria (B.C.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 347 pages) : illustrations, maps

Other Title:

Chia-na-ta Hua pu fa chan shih.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press, 1988.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"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." -- Publisher's description.

Contents:

1. Introduction

pt. 1. Canadian Chinatowns

2. Entry without restrictions

3. Chinatowns in British Columbia

4. From restricion to exclusion

5. Vicissitudes of old Chinatowns

6. Postwar arrival of new immigrants

7. Postwar Chinatowns

pt. II. Victoria's Chinatown

8. The budding period, 1858-1870s

9. The booming period, 1880s-1910s

10. The withering period, 1920s-1970s

11. The reviving period, 1980s

pt. 3. Conclusion

12. Retrospect and prospect.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Lai, Chuen-yan David, 1937-2018 Chinatown

ISBN:

9780774803090

0774803096

9780774856799

0774856793

9781283226158

1283226154

9786613226150

6613226157

OCLC:

243616481