Chinese community leadership : case study of Victoria in Canada / David Chuenyan Lai.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lai, Chuenyan David, 1937-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community leadership--British Columbia--Victoria.

Community leadership.

Chinese--British Columbia--Victoria--History--19th century.

Chinese.

Chinese--British Columbia--Victoria--History--20th century.

Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (284 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : World Scientific, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612763465

9781282763463

1282763466

9789814295185

9814295183

OCLC:

671655143