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• Title:Great fortune dream : the struggles and triumphs of Chinese settlers in Canada, 1858-1966 / David Chuenyan Lai, Guo Ding.
  
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• Author/Creator:Lai, Chuen-yan David, 1937-2018 author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Ding, Guo, author.
  
• Published/Created:Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia : Caitlin Press, [2016].
  ©2016
  

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  • Call Number: FC106.C5 L343 2016
    
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• Canadian Subjects: Chinese Canadians--History.
  Chinese Canadians--Social conditions.
  
• Library of Congress Subjects:Chinese--Canada--History.
  Chinese--Canada--Social conditions.
  Chinese--Government policy--Canada.
  Race discrimination--Canada.
  Canada--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.
  Canada--Race relations.
  
• Description:288 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
  
• Summary:In 1858, gold was discovered in the Fraser River. News of this discovery travelled to the Pearl River Delta, where, in the aftermath of the Opium Wars, many Chinese sought to escape the poverty, overcrowding, political unrest and even slavery - invaders from western Asia who captured and shipped many Chinese to South America as "piglets." This tumultuous period marked the beginning of Chinese migration to Canada. What began as a population of displaced Chinese migrants working to save their great fortune for a better life back in China evolved into a community of Chinese Canadians, one with roots firmly planted in the history and culture of Canada. Dr. David Lai has received forty-one awards in recognition of his scholarship and community services and is a member of the Order of Canada.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9781987915037 (paperback)
  1987915038 (paperback)
  
• Contents:Preface
  The Chinese journey
  Part I. The era of free entry, 1858-84. Two waves of early Chinese immigration
  Emerging Chinese communities
  Relationships with white and First Nations people
  Part II. The head tax era, 1885, 1922. The head tax and its impact on immigration
  Anti-Chinese discrimination in the head tax era
  A changing Chinese population
  The development of Chinatowns
  Education and culture in Chinatowns
  The overseas Chinese and China
  Chinese Canadians and the transformation of China
  Part III. The exclusion era, 1923-46. The Chinese Exclusion Act
  Chinese communities during the exclusion era
  Chinese education and culture
  The Sino-Japanese War and World War II
  Part IV. The era of selective entry, 1947-66
  Canadian government policies
  Changes in Chinatowns
  Voluntary associations and political participation
  Education and culture in Chinese communities
  Epilogue.