Chinatowns: Towns Within Cities in Canada

By David Chuenyan Lai

This book is a definitive history of Chinatowns in Canada. Frominstant Chinatowns in gold- and coal-mining communities to newChinatowns which have sprung up in city neighbourhoods and suburbssince World War II, it portrays the changing landscapes and images ofChinatowns from the late nineteenth century to the present. It alsoincludes a detailed case study of Victoria's Chinatown, theearliest such settlement in Canada. The culmination of twenty years of research, which has includeddetailed surveys of over fifty Chinatowns in North America andinterviews with numerous community leaders and city planners in allmajor Chinatowns in Canada, this book explains why Historic Chinatownsare seen as important by Chinese today and why they may survive despitethe competing attractions of New Chinatowns. It also sheds new light onthe chracteristics of these communities and provides useful insightsfor geographers, historians, sociologists and anthropologists.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0774803096
• ISBN13: 9780774803090
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Univ of British Columbia Pr
• Length: 347 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher