Being Chinese in Canada: The Struggle for Identity, Redress and Belonging by William Ging Wee Dere

Being Chinese in Canada: The Struggle for Identity, Redress and Belonging

William Ging Wee Dere

400 pages paperback 2019

2 editions

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After the Canadian Pacific Railway was completed in 1885--construction of the western stretch was largely built by Chinese workers--the Canadian government imposed a punitive head tax to deter Chinese citizens from coming to Canada. The exorbitant...

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