The Chinese head tax and anti-Chinese immigration policies in the twentieth century / Arlene Chan.

By:

Chan, Arlene

Material type: Text

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)

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DDC classification:

971.004/951 23

Contents:

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.

Summary: 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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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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