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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Roy, Patricia, 1939-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Vancouver : UBC Press, ©2007.
Series:CEL - Canadian Publishers Collection.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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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.
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