Author

Publication

1991 - McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal, Québec (Province)

Language

English

Word Count

80,750 words, Guess

Page Count

323 pages

Identifiers

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Classifications

  • DDC971.1/33004951
  • LCCF1089.5.V22 A66 1991

Description

Popular wisdom maintains that the colourful Chinese quarters of Canadian, American, and Australian cities owe their existence to the generations of Chinese immigrants who have made their lives there. The restaurants, pagodas, and neon lights are seen as intrinsically connected to the Chinese and their immigrant experience in the West. Kay Anderson argues, however, that "Chinatown" is a Western construction, illustrative of a process of cultural domination that gave European settlers in North America and Australia the power to define and shape the district according to their own images and interests. --

Subjects

Series Statement

  • McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history ;

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