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A WHITE MAN'S PROVINCE
BRITISH COLUMBIA POLITICIANS AND CHINESE AND JAPANESE IMMIGRANTS 1858-1914 |
| By: |
Patricia E. Roy |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£29.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0774803738 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780774803731 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 1989 |
| Pages: |
345 |
| Description: |
A revealing historical account of the complex racism in early British Columbia and the lives and contributions made to the province by its Chinese and Japanese residents. |
| Synopsis: |
We are not strong enough to assimilate races so alien from us intheir habits ... We are afraid they will swamp our civilization assuch. - Nanaimo Free Press, 1914A White Man's Province examines how British Columbianschanged their attitudes towards Asian immigrants from one of tolerationin colonial times to vigorous hostility by the turn of the century anddescribes how politicians responded to popular cries to halt Asianimmigration and restrict Asian activities in the province.White workingmen objected to Asian sojourning habits, to their lowliving standards and wages, and to their competition for jobs inspecific industries. Because employers and politicians initiallysupported Asian immigrants, early manifestations of antipathy oftenappeared just as another dispute between capital and labour. But astheir number increased, complaints about Asians became widespread, andracial characteristics became the nucleus of such terms as a 'whiteman's province' - a 'catch phrase' which, as Roynotes, 'covered a wide variety of fears and transcended particulareconomic interests.' The Chinese were the chief targets ofhostility in the nineteenth century; by the twentieth, the Japanese,more economically ambitious and backed by a powerful mother country,appeared more threatening.After Asian disenfranchisement in the 1870s, provincial politicians,freed from worry about the Asian vote, fueled and exploited publicprejudices. The Asian question also became a rallying cry forprovincial rights when Ottawa disallowed anti-Asian legislation.Although federal leaders such as John A. Macdonald and Wilfrid Lauriershared a desire to keep Canada a 'white man's country,'they followed a policy of restraint in view of imperial concerns.The belief that whites should be superior, as Roy points out, wasthen common throughout the Western world. Many of the arguments used inBritish Columbia were influenced by anti-Asian sentiments andlegislation emanating from California, and from Australia and otherBritish colonies.Drawing on almost every newspaper and magazine report published inthe province before 1914, and on government records and privatemanuscripts, Roy has produced a revealing historical account of thecomplex basis of racism in British Columbia and of the contributionmade to the province in these early years by its Chinese and Japaneseresidents. |
| Publication: |
Canada |
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University of British Columbia Press |
| Prizes: |
Winner of Patricia E. Roy is the recipient of the Canadian Historical |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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