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.
Subjects
Life history materials
External migration
History and culture change
Food service industries
Special clothing industries
Garment care
Settlements
Mercantile business
Insurance
Labor
Individual enterprise
Ethnic stratification
Classes
Sodalities
Ingroup antagonisms
Kin relationships
Kin groups
Health and welfare
Education
culture
Chinese Canadians
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