Book
Toronto's Chinatown: the changing social organization of an ethnic community
AMS Press • (29) • Published In 1989 • Pages: xv, 430
By: Thompson, Richard H..
Abstract
This book is an examination of the history and social organization of the Chinese population in Toronto, Canada. It is an '…ethnographic study or descriptive analysis and interpretation of one ethnic minority and its historical relations with the Canadian state' (p.xii). Instead of directly critiquing the philosophy of politics of Canada's ethnic policy, Thompson shows how state policies have affected the Chinese community, both in the past and up to the mid 1970s. Although this work is an in-depth community study, dealing with the history and development of Toronto's Chinatown through three major phases, the traditional, transitional, and contemporary periods, it also contains a wealth of information on Chinese immigration and immigration policies, various Chinese associations, class structure and class conflict, Chinese enterprises and occupations, and the status of the Chinese student in Canadian society.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1995
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle, 1994
- Field Date
- 1976-1977 (fourteen months) (p. xiv)
- Coverage Date
- variable
- Coverage Place
- Toronto, Ont., Canada
- Notes
- Richard H. Thompson
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 417-427) and index
- LCSH
- Chinese Canadians