Book
The Chinese in Canada: Chia-na-ta ti Hua jen jü Hua jen she hui
Oxford University Press • Toronto, Ont. • Published In 1988 • Pages: xi, 164
By: Li, Peter S..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a sociological analysis of the Chinese in Canada from their arrival in 1858 to ca. 1988. Li emphasizes the development of institutional racism against the Chinese immigrants by Canadian society, and its effect on the Chinese community. This study is divided into three sections. In section one Li examines the history of the Chinese immigration to Canada, exploring why they came, how were they treated when they arrived, and why a policy of racial exclusion was formulated against them. In section two Li describes the impact of racism on the Chinese community, with specific reference to restrictions on their economic development and disruption of family life. The final section of this book examines the occupational achievements of Chinese-Canadians during the period of industrial expansion (1960s to the 1980s), with a focus on the extent to which they have realized the Canadian dream of upward mobility and the various obstacles they heve encountered in moving away from the traditional service jobs into the professions.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Demography
- Insurance
- Occupational specialization
- Labor supply and employment
- Ethnic stratification
- Sodalities
- Family
- Citizenship
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Chinese Canadians
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1995
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Sociologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle, 1994
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1858-ca. 1985
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- Peter S. Li
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-155) and indexes
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- c880934484
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Chinese Canadians