Book
Chinatowns: towns within cities in Canada
University of British Columbia Press • Vancouver, B.c. • Published In 1988 • Pages:
By: Lai, Chuen-yan David.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This work is a history of Chinatowns in Canada. Lai '…traces the transformation of the physical and cultural landscapes of Canadian Chinatowns from 1858 to 1988, and analyzes their origins, locations, viability, and socio-economic and image changes' (p. xv). There are data in this book on the Chinese immigration to Canada and the changing demographic characteristics of the Chinese people during the period studied. Classifying Chinatowns into four groups - old, new, replaced, and reconstructed historic - Lai focuses on Victoria's Chinatown as a representative example of the historic type. He then employs a 'stage-development' model, consisting of four phases - budding, blooming, withering, and dying (or reviving) - to study the progression of Chinatown development, not only in Victoria, but also throughout North America. Lai also describes '…a public involvement model of community planning which is responsible for the successful rehabilitation project in Victoria - one which has received international recognition' (p. iii).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Demography
- History and culture change
- Settlements
- Labor supply and employment
- Ethnic stratification
- 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.
- Geographer
- 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
- 5: Excellent Primary 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
- ca. 1858-1985
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Canada, various locations, especially Victoria, B.C.
- NotesAdditional notes
- David Chuenyan Lai
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-335) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- c88915552
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Chinese Canadians