Cultivating Connections: The Making of Chinese Prairie Canada
Alison R. Marshall
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Description for Cultivating Connections: The Making of Chinese Prairie Canada
Hardback. The voices of Chinese immigrants who settled in the pre-1950s Canadian prairies come alive in this extraordinary record of migration, settlement, and community life. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
In the late 1870s, thousands of Chinese men left coastal British Columbia and the western United States and headed east. For these men, the Prairies were a land of opportunity; there, they could open shops and potentially earn enough money to become merchants. The result of almost a decade’s research and more than three hundred interviews, Cultivating Connections tells the stories of some of Prairie Canada's Chinese settlers – men and women from various generations who navigated cultural difference. These stories reveal the critical importance of networks in coping with experiences of racism and establishing a successful life on the ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Condition
New
Series
Contemporary Chinese Studies
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774828000
SKU
V9780774828000
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About Alison R. Marshall
Alison R. Marshall is a professor in the Department of Religion at Brandon University and adjunct professor of women’s and gender studies at the University of Winnipeg. She is the author of The Way of the Bachelor: Early Chinese Settlement in Manitoba, recipient of the 2011 Manitoba Day Award, Association for Manitoba Archives.
Reviews for Cultivating Connections: The Making of Chinese Prairie Canada
Cultivating Connections provides a nuanced analysis of the gendered and racial experiences of Chinese Prairie Canadians and is an excellent contribution to the literature on the history of immigration and migration, social geography, and women’s history.
Cayley B. Bower, University of Western Ontario
British Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol. 29 No. 1, Spring 2016
Cayley B. Bower, University of Western Ontario
British Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol. 29 No. 1, Spring 2016