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The Chinese in Vancouver, 1945-80 : the pursuit of identity and power

Title
The Chinese in Vancouver, 1945-80 : the pursuit of identity and power / Wing Chung Ng.
Author
Ng, Wing Chung, 1961-
Publication
Vancouver : UBC Press, [1999], ©1999.

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Description
xii, 201 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.
Summary
  • "Vancouver has one of the largest Chinese populations in North America. In The Chinese in Vancouver Wing Chung Ng captures the story of the city's Chinese in their search for identity between 1945 and 1980.".
  • "Ng juxtaposes the cultural positions of different generations of Chinese immigrants and their Canadian-born descendants and unveils an ongoing struggle between them over the definition of being Chinese. It is an engrossing account of cultural identity in a context of migration and settlement, where the influence of the native land and the appeal of the host society continue to impinge on the consciousness of the ethnic Chinese."--BOOK JACKET.
Series Statement
Contemporary Chinese studies, 1206-9523
Uniform Title
Contemporary Chinese studies.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [178]-194) and index.
Contents
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, 1971-80 -- 8. Beyond a Conclusion.
ISBN
0774807326 (acid-free paper)
LCCN
2001430732
OCLC
  • 42240121
  • ocm42240121
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries