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The Triumph of Citizenship: The Japanese and Chinese in Canada, 1941-67

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Description for The Triumph of Citizenship: The Japanese and Chinese in Canada, 1941-67 Paperback. This final volume to Patricia E. Roy's pivotal trilogy exploring racial discrimination against Chinese- and Japanese-Canadians examines the removal of all Japanese-Canadians from the BC coast during WWII, while Chinese-Canadians gained the right to vote in 1947. Num Pages: 400 pages, 21 b/w photos, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBC; GTB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.

In this companion volume to A White Man’s Province and The Oriental Question, Patricia E. Roy examines the climax of antipathy to Asians in Canada: the removal of all Japanese Canadians from the BC 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.

The Triumph of Citizenship explains why Canada ignored the rights of Japanese Canadians and placed strict limits on Chinese immigration. In response, Japanese Canadians and their supporters in the human rights ... Read more

The Triumph of Citizenship reminds all Canadians of the values and limits of their citizenship; students of political history and of ethnic relations in particular will find this book compelling.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774813815
SKU
V9780774813815
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Patricia E. Roy
Patricia E. Roy is professor emerita of History at the University of Victoria and a member of the Royal Society of Canada.

Reviews for The Triumph of Citizenship: The Japanese and Chinese in Canada, 1941-67
Patricia E. Roy’s two previous books on Anglo-Canadian treatment of the Japanese and Chinese in British Columbia, […] have established her reputation as a leading authority on the subject. The present study extends her inquiry into the tumultuous years of the Pacific War and up to 1967. […] no one has marshalled as much evidence from the political arena and ... Read more

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