Wing Chung Ng

The Chinese in Vancouver, 1945-80

The Pursuit of Identity and Power

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Wing Chung Ng captures the fascinating story of the city's Chinese in their search for identity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 336g
• ISBN-13: 9780774807333
• ISBN-10: 0774807334
• Artikelnr.: 21780880

Autorenporträt

Wing Chung Ng teaches in the Department of History at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Introduction
2 Early Settlement and the Contours of Identity
3 Renewed Immigration and Cultural Redefinition
4 Local-Born Chinese and the Challenge to an Immigrant Discourse
5 Old-Timers, Public Rituals, and the Resilience of Traditional
Organizations
6 Negotiating Identities between Two Worlds, 1945-70
7 Constructing Chineseness in the Multicultural Arena
8 Beyond a Conclusion
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index