The triumph of citizenship : the Japanese and Chinese in Canada, 1941-67 /
"In this companion volume to A White Man's Province and The Oriental Question, Patricia Roy examines the climax of antipathy to Asians in Canada: the removal of all Japanese Canadians from the B.C. coast in 1942. Their free return was not allowed until 1949. Yet the war also brought increa...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Main Author: | |
Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
Published: |
Vancouver :
UBC Press,
©2007.
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Series: | CEL - Canadian Publishers Collection.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Summary: | "In this companion volume to A White Man's Province and The Oriental Question, Patricia Roy examines the climax of antipathy to Asians in Canada: the removal of all Japanese Canadians from the B.C. coast in 1942. Their free return was not allowed until 1949. Yet the war also brought increased respect for Chinese Canadians: they were enfranchised in 1947 and the federal government softened its ban on Chinese immigration."--Jacket. |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 390 pages) : illustrations, map |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-377) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780774855730 0774855738 1282593471 9781282593473 9786612593475 6612593474 |