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
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Bibliography: p. [236]-254
Includes index
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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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