Main entry:

Lai, Chuen-yan David, 1937-2018.

Title & Author:

Chinatowns : towns within cities in Canada / David Chuenyan Lai.

Publication:

Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press, 1988.

Description:

xvi, 347 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Notes:
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. [317]-335.
1 Introduction; Part One: Canadian Chinatowns; Part Two: Victoria's Chinatown; Part Three: Conclusion; 2 Entry without Restriction; 3 Chinatowns in British Columbia; 4 From Restriction to Exclusion; 5 Vicissitudes of Old Chinatowns; 6 Postwar Arrival of New Immigrants; 7 Postwar Chinatowns; 8 The Budding Period, 1858-1870s; 9 The Blooming Period, 1880s-1910s; 10 The Withering Period, 1920s-1970s; 11 The Reviving Period, 1980s; 12 Retrospect and Prospect. 1 Chinese Canadians Elected to Public Office, 1957-June 19882 Chinese Canadians Appointed to the Order of Canada, 1976-July 1988; 3 Chinese Canadians Awarded Honorary Citizenship, City of Victoria, 1971-June 1988;

ISBN:

0774803096
9780774803090

Subject:

Chinese Canada History.
Chinese British Columbia Victoria History.
Chinese Canadians History.
Chinese Canadians British Columbia Victoria History.
Chinois Canada Histoire.
Canadiens d'origine chinoise Histoire.
Chinois Colombie-Brittanique Victoria Histoire.
Canadiens d'origine chinoise Colombie-Britannique Victoria Histoire.
Chinois Colombie-Britannique Victoria Histoire.
Chinese
Chinatown (Victoria, B.C.)
Chinatown (Victoria, B.C.) History.
Chinatown (Victoria, C.-B.) Histoire.
Chinatown (Victoria, C.-B.)
British Columbia Victoria
British Columbia Victoria Chinatown
Canada

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 41189
Call No.: ID CAN; ID:89-B1319
Status: Available