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Anti-Chinese immigration policies-nonfiction & fiction books
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Canada
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Intermediate, Junior High, Senior High (IJS)
| | Collection
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Booking Library
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| | Synopsis
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An assortment of books and a DVD exploring the arrival of the Chinese
people to Canada. It includes 15 copies of Righting Canada's Wrongs:
The Chinese Head Tax. This book tells of the first Chinese immigrants
and their arrival in Canada in the mid-1800s searching for gold and a
better life. But life in Canada was difficult and the immigrants had
to face racism and cultural barriers. Thousands were recruited to work
building the Canadian Pacific Railway. Once the railway was finished,
Canadian governments and many Canadians wanted the Chinese to go away.
The government took measures to stop immigration from China to Canada.
Starting in 1885, the government imposed a Head Tax with the goal of
stopping immigration from China. In 1923 a ban was imposed that lasted
to 1947. Through historical photographs, documents, and first-person
narratives from Chinese Canadians who experienced the Head Tax or who
were children of Head Tax payers, this book offers a full account of
the injustice of this period in Canadian history. It documents how
this official racism was confronted and finally acknowledged.
| | Author
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Chan, Arlene (The Chinese Head Tax)
| | Dimensions
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2 bins 23 x 40 x 30 cm. each.
| | Contents
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Part 1 : 15 The Chinese head tax (Righting Canada's Wrongs) Part 2: 1
DVD with guide: Canadian steel, Chinese grit ; 37 Books: 6 An ocean
apart ; Chinese immigrants ; Chinese immigrants 1850-1900 ; 5 Dragon's
gate ; Dumpling dreams ; 6 Gold mountain ; Here I am ; I have a right
to be a child ; 6 My life as a Chinese immigrant ; Tales from Gold
Mountain ; The arrival ; The kids book of Canadian geography ; 6 White
jade tiger.
| | Parts
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Part 1 - 15 Books in a 23 x 40 x 30 cm. plastic bin. Part 2 - 1 DVD ;
37 books in a 23 x 40 x 30 cm. plastic bin.
| | Subjects
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Canada—Immigration and emigration;
Canadian Pacific Railway—History;
Canadian government policies;
Chinese Canadians;
Immigration and emigration;
Race discrimination;
Social Studies;
Social justice;
Diversity(CK)
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KT 0752
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| Reference |
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