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Wing Chung Ng - The Chinese in Vancouver, 1945-80: The Pursuit of Identity and Power - 9780774807326 - V9780774807326
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The Chinese in Vancouver, 1945-80: The Pursuit of Identity and Power

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Description for The Chinese in Vancouver, 1945-80: The Pursuit of Identity and Power Hardback. Wing Chung Ng captures the fascinating story of the city's Chinese in their search for identity. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations, maps, tables. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBC; 3JJP; GTB; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 499.

In The Chinese in Vancouver, Wing Chung Ng captures the fascinating story of the city’s Chinese in their search for identity. He juxtaposes the cultural positions of different generations of Chinese immigrants and their Canadian-born descendants and unveils the ongoing struggle over the definition of being Chinese. It is an engrossing story about cultural identity in the context of migration and settlement, where the influence of the native land and the appeal of the host city continued to impinge on the consciousness of the ethnic Chinese.

The Chinese in Canada is long overdue in view of the many previous studies that ... Read more

In his concluding chapter, Ng looks beyond the Canadian context by engaging in a comparative discussion of the experiences of ethnic Chinese elsewhere in the diaspora. References to the Chinese in various Southeast Asian countries and the U.S. force a rethinking of “Chineseness.” He ends with reflections about Vancouver’s Chinese community since 1980.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Contemporary Chinese Studies
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774807326
SKU
V9780774807326
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Wing Chung Ng
Wing Chung Ng teaches in the Department of History at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

Reviews for The Chinese in Vancouver, 1945-80: The Pursuit of Identity and Power
Ng’s analysis allows for a poignant human dimension to frame the inevitable passing of the old-timers’ generation, and also explains why these organizations continues to exist ... This book is a welcome addition to studies of the Chinese in Vancouver, as this community continues to thrive on Canada’s west coast.
Paul Yee
British Columbia Historical News
Theoretically ... Read more

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