The Chinese head tax and anti-Chinese immigration policies in the twentieth century / Arlene Chan.
Material type: TextSeries: Righting Canada's wrongs series | Righting Canada's wrongsPublication details: Toronto : James Lorimer & Company, 2014.Description: 96 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cmISBN:- 9781459404434 (hardcover)
- Chinese -- Taxation -- Canada -- History -- 20th century
- Chinese -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Canada -- History -- 20th century
- Emigration and immigration law -- Canada -- History -- 20th century
- Race discrimination -- Canada -- History -- 20th century
- Chinese Canadians -- History -- 20th century
- Canada -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 20th century
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J Non-Fiction 900-999 | West Grey Durham Branch Shelves | Non-fiction | J 971. 004 CHA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 33321003253912 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
From China to Canada -- Life in Canada, 1860s-1900 -- Challenging a hostile community, 1900-1939 -- Canada at war, 1939-1945 -- Challenges and changes, 1945-1990 -- Acknowledging the past, 1990-2006 -- Epilogue: Chinese Canadians.
Through historical photographs, documents, and first-person narratives from Chinese Canadians who experienced the Head Tax or who were children of Head Tax payers, this book offers a full account of the injustice of this period in Canadian history. It documents how this official racism was confronted and finally acknowledged.
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