A White Man's Province

British Columbia Politicians and Chinese and Japanese Immigrants 1858-1914

By Patricia E. Roy
Categories: Social Sciences, Racism & Discrimination, History, Canadian History, Regional & Cultural Studies, Canadian Studies, Diaspora Studies, Race & Ethnicity
Publisher: UBC Press
Paperback : 9780774803731, 345 pages, January 1989
Ebook (PDF) : 9780774854634, 345 pages, October 2007
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Table of contents

Illustrations

Foreword

Acknowledgments

1 The Colonial Sojourners, 1858-1871

2 “A World of Their Own”: Morality, Law, and Public Health, 1871-1914

3 Confederation, the Chinese, and the Canadian Pacific Railway, 1871-1885

4 Checking Chinese and Japanese Competition, 1886-1896

5 The Politics of Restricting Immigration, 1896-1902

6 Checking Competition within British Columbia, 1896-1902

7 The Lull before the Storm, 1903-1907

8 The Vancouver Riot and Its Consequences, 1907-1908

9 Making a White Man’s Country, 1908-1914

Epilogue

Appendix

Notes

Manuscript Sources

Index

Description

Patricia E. Roy is the winner of the 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award, Canadian Historical Association.

A White Man’s Province examines how British Columbians changed their attitudes towards Asian immigrants from one of toleration in colonial times to vigorous hostility by the turn of the century and describes how politicians responded to popular cries to halt Asian immigration and restrict Asian activities in the province.

Awards

  • Winner, Patricia E. Roy is the recipient of the Canadian Historical Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award for 2013. 2013

Reviews

An essential (read) for anybody concerned to understand Canadian history between Confederation and World War I.

- J.M. Bumsted

Roy’s solid well-researched book helps us understand the response of British Columbia’s politicians to Chinese and Japanese immigration.

- Gunther Barth

History, by definition, is supposed to elucidate and illuminate the lessons of the past. The best history brings the past alive, allowing the people who lived to speak once again, to tell their story to a (presumably) more enlightened age. A White Man’s Province is good history. What we learn from it is up to us.

- Margaret Cannon