A White Man's Province: British Columbia Politicians and Chinese and Japanese Immigrants, 1858-1914
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"We are not strong enough to assimilate races so alien from us in their habits ... We are afraid they will swamp our civilization as such. " -- Nanaimo Free Press, 1914 A White Man's Province examines how British Columbians changed their attitudes towards Asian immigrants from one of toleration in colonial times to vigorous hostility by the turn of the century and describes how politicians responded to popular cries to halt Asian immigration and restrict...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0774803304
ISBN13:9780774803304
Release Date:January 1989
Publisher:UBC Press
Length:345 Pages
Weight:1.40 lbs.
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