Cultivating connections : the making of Chinese prairie Canada
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Cultivating connections : the making of Chinese prairie Canada
(Contemporary Chinese studies)
UBC Press, c2014
- : bound
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Note
Bibliography: p. [236]-254
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In the late 1870s, thousands of Chinese men left coastal British Columbia and the western United States and headed east. For them, 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 Prairies.
Table of Contents
- Introduction 1 Affective Regimes, Nationalism, and the KMT 2 Reverend Ma Seung 3 Bachelor Uncles: Frank Chan and Sam Dong 4 Affect through Sports: Mark Ki and Happy Young 5 Married Nationalists: Charles Yee and Charlie Foo 6 Women beyond the Frame 7 Early Chinese Prairie Wives 8 Quongying's Coins and Sword 9 Chinese Prairie Daughters Conclusion Appendix
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
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