The writing on the wall : chinese and japanese immigration to BC, 1920 / Hilda Glynn-Ward ; with an introduction by Patricia E. Roy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Glynn-Ward, Hilda, author.

Contributor:

Roy, Patricia E., writer of introduction.

Series:

Social history of Canada ; 20.

Social history of Canada ; 20

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese fiction--British Columbia.

Chinese fiction.

Japanese fiction--British Columbia.

Japanese fiction.

British Columbia--Race relations--Fiction.

British Columbia.

Genre:

Fiction.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (150 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] : University of Toronto Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Writing on the Wall is a vivid illustration of the fear and prejudice with which immigrants were regarded in the early twentieth century.

Contents:

Cover

The writing on the wall

An introduction

NOTES

Part 1 The past

Chapter 1 Introducing one Chung Lee and another man of parts

Chapter 2 In which Gordon Morley tells no secrets

Chapter 3 Which introduces Lizzie Laidlaw

Chapter 4 In which the 'Empress' unships a valuable cargo

Chapter 5 In which a famous lawyer finds himself in a hurry

Chapter 6 Describing a yacht and a career

Chapter 7 In which the fish inspector sees something that makes him sit up

Chapter 8 In which Harding comes upon a 'pleasant joke'

Chapter 9 In which Harding finds that two and two make fourChapter 10 In which Mrs Morley attends a reception

Chapter 11 In which one Chinaman escapes justice and another gets a government job

Part 2 The present (ten years after)

Chapter 12 In which we hear of a wedding and a death

Chapter 13 Which tells of an elopement

Chapter 14 Showing the perspicacity of Peter McReady

Chapter 15 Lizzie McRobbie shows an interest in 'Sockeye' and tries to buy vegetables

Chapter 16 In which there are many rumors and a few facts

Chapter 17 In which Rose's nose is put out of joint and a man reaches the last stagesChapter 18 In which we meet Chung Lee again as a winner

Chapter 19 In which the lieutenant-governor is confronted by a choice

Part 3 The future

Chapter 20 In which positions are reversed

Chapter 21 In which yellow wins

Chapter 22 In which many things are made clear

Notes:

Original edition published in 1921 by Sun Publishing Company, Vancouver.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 20, 2016).

ISBN:

1-4426-5841-X

1-4426-2762-X

OCLC:

903441031