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The Oriental Question: Consolidating a White Man´s Province, 1914-41

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Description for The Oriental Question: Consolidating a White Man´s Province, 1914-41 paperback. Patricia E. Roy continues her study into why British Columbians were historically so opposed to Asian immigration. Num Pages: 344 pages, 16ill. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 463.

Patricia Roy’s latest book, The Oriental Question, continues her study into why British Columbians – and many Canadians from outside the province – were historically so opposed to Asian immigration. Drawing on contemporary press and government reports and individual correspondence and memoirs, Roy shows how British Columbians consolidated a “white man’s province” from 1914 to 1941 by securing a virtual end to Asian immigration and placing stringent legal restrictions on Asian competition in the major industries of lumber and fishing. While its emphasis is on political action and politicians, the book also examines the popular pressure for such practices and ... Read more

The Oriental Question is a critical investigation of a troubling period in Canadian history. It will be of vital interest to scholars of British Columbian and Canadian history and politics and of Asian, diaspora, ethnicity, and immigration studies.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774810111
SKU
V9780774810111
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Patricia E. Roy
Patricia E. Roy is a professor in the Department of History, University of Victoria. The Oriental Question follows her 1989 groundbreaking work, A White Man’s Province, which covered the period 1858-1914. The third volume, The Triumph of Citizenship, takes the story from the outbreak of the Pacific War in 1941 to the removal, in 1967, of the last barriers to ... Read more

Reviews for The Oriental Question: Consolidating a White Man´s Province, 1914-41
This complex and meticulous study will reward an attentive reader. It is an admirable contribution to the historiography of British Columbia and Canada.
Hilary K. Blair
The International History Review
A finely textured account that convincingly show that while anti-Asian racism was never a monolith, it became consolidated in the image of British Columbia as a “White ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for The Oriental Question: Consolidating a White Man´s Province, 1914-41


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