Mercantile mobility : Chinese merchants in Western Canada / Helen Kwan Yee Cheung.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cheung, Helen K. Y., author, organizer.

Contributor:

Bruce Peel Special Collections, host institution.

University of Alberta. Library, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese--Canada, Western--History--19th century--Exhibitions.

Chinese--Canada, Western--History--20th century--Exhibitions.

Merchants--Canada, Western--History--19th century--Exhibitions.

Merchants--Canada, Western--History--20th century--Exhibitions.

Immigrants--Canada, Western--History--19th century--Exhibitions.

Immigrants--Canada, Western--History--20th century--Exhibitions.

Canada, Western--Economic conditions--19th century--Exhibitions.

Canada, Western--Economic conditions--20th century--Exhibitions.

Chinese.

Economic history.

Immigrants.

Merchants.

Western Canada.

Genre:

exhibition catalogs.

Exhibition catalogs.

History.

Illustrated works.

Physical Description:

xiii, 150 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Chinese merchants in Western Canada

Place of Publication:

Edmonton, Alberta : University of Alberta Library, 2022.

Summary:

"This exhibition takes you on a journey through time, from the mid-nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth century, to explore what happened to Chinese immigrant workers after the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway, which they helped build. The curator presents a new perspective on the history and contributions of Chinese immigrants in Canada by profiling those workers who started from the ground up to become merchants and considering how they progressed from mere survival to being successful as entrepreneurs. This exhibition examines the distinctive socio-economic landscape where this dynamic group carved out their own niche and quietly propelled the Canadian economy; it reveals how they helped to build communities through movements of products at the municipal, provincial, and global levels. Their business ventures are explored through rare archival documents and images collected over a decade by the curator through a community-based process and through the ongoing acquisition efforts of Bruce Peel Special Collections."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Mercantile mobility in the 19th to 20th centuries

Businesses that disappeared

Family-owned businesses

Small towns, big opportunities

Businesses in the post-1947 era.

Notes:

Exhibition catalogue to accompany a display at the University of Alberta's Bruce Peel Special Collections in 2023.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 146-149).

ISBN:

9781551954691

1551954699

OCLC:

1287242309

Publisher Number:

99994074675