The way of the bachelor : early Chinese settlement in Manitoba /

Many early Chinese settlers to Canada were bachelors who settled in Prairie towns and cities, opened the region's first laundries, and invented the Chinese cafe. They maintained ties to the Old World and negotiated a place in the new by fostering a vibrant homosocial culture based on friendship...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Marshall, Alison, 1965-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Vancouver : UBC Press, ©2011.
Series:Asian religions and society series.
Subjects:
Zhongguo guo min dang. > Manitoba Branch > History.
Zhongguo guo min dang. > Manitoba Branch > Histoire.
1900-1999
Laundries > Manitoba > History > 20th century.
Chinese restaurants > Manitoba > History > 20th century.
Bachelors > Manitoba > History > 20th century.
Chinese Canadians > Manitoba > Social conditions > 20th century.
Chinese Canadians > Social networks > Manitoba > History > 20th century.
Chinese Canadians > Manitoba > Religion.
Chinese Canadians > Manitoba > Politics and government > 20th century.
Canadiens d'origine chinoise > Manitoba > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
Canadiens d'origine chinoise > Réseaux sociaux > Manitoba > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Canadiens d'origine chinoise > Manitoba > Religion.
Canadiens d'origine chinoise > Manitoba > Politique et gouvernement > 20e siècle.
Blanchisseries et teintureries > Manitoba > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Restaurants chinois > Manitoba > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Célibataires > Manitoba > Histoire > 20e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gender Studies.
Bachelors.
Chinese restaurants.
Laundries.
Manitoba.
History.
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