Enduring hardship : the Chinese laundry in Canada /

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"Faced with systematic discrimination in Canada, early Chinese immigrants had little choice but to create their own economic niche. From the turn of the twentieth century through the Second World War, a majority of Canada's Chinese immigrants were laundry workers in towns and cities from c...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hoe, Ban Seng (Author)
Corporate Author: Canadian Museum of Civilization
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Gatineau, Québec : Canadian Museum of Civilization, ©2003.
Series:Mercury series.
Cultural studies paper (Canadian Museum of Civilization) ; 76.
Subjects:
Laundry workers > Canada > History.
Chinese > Canada > History.
Blanchisseurs et teinturiers > Canada > Histoire.
Canadiens d'origine chinoise > Histoire.
Chinese.
Laundry workers.
Canada.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Historical context
  • Laundry operation: toil and drudgery
  • An isolated and monotonous world: reflections on life experiences
  • Laundries and Canadian society
  • Conclusion: an unforgettable page in history.

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