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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Chan, Arlene.     Subjects     Chinese -- Taxation -- Canada -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.     Chinese -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Canada -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.     Emigration and immigration law -- Canada -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.     Race discrimination -- Canada -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.     Chinese Canadians -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.     Canada -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Chan, Arlene.       by title:      Righting Canada's wr...       by call number:      971.004951 C454rc     Search the Web     Chan, Arlene.     Chinese -- Taxation -- Canada -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.     Chinese -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Canada -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.     Emigration and immigration law -- Canada -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.     Race discrimination -- Canada -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.     Chinese Canadians -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.     Canada -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.       MARC Display

Righting Canada's wrongs : the Chinese head tax and anti-Chinese immigration policies in the twentieth century / Arlene Chan. by Chan, Arlene. James Lorimer & Company, c2014. Call #: 971.004951 C454rc Subjects Chinese -- Taxation -- Canada -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.   Chinese -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Canada -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.   Emigration and immigration law -- Canada -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.   Race discrimination -- Canada -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.   Chinese Canadians -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.   Canada -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature. ISBN:  9781459404434 (bound) 1459404432 (bound) Alternate title:  Chinese head tax and anti-Chinese immigration policies in the twentieth century Description:  96 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary:  The first Chinese immigrants arrived in Canada in the mid-1800s searching for gold and a better life. They found jobs in forestry, mining, and other resource industries. But life in Canada was difficult and the immigrants had to face racism and cultural barriers. Thousands were recruited to work building the Canadian Pacific Railway. Once the railway was finished, Canadian governments and many Canadians wanted the Chinese to go away. The government took measures to stop immigration from China to Canada. Starting in 1885, the government imposed a Head Tax with the goal of stopping immigration from China. In 1923 a ban was imposed that lasted to 1947. Despite this hostility and racism, Chinese-Canadian citizens built lives for themselves and persisted in protesting official discrimination. In June 2006, Prime Minister Harper apologized to Chinese Canadians for the former racist policies of the Canadian government. Through historical photographs, documents, and first-person narratives from Chinese Canadians who experienced the Head Tax or who were children of Head Tax payers, this book offers a full account of the injustice of this period in Canadian history. It documents how this official racism was confronted and finally acknowledged. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Children's Nonfiction 971.004951 C454rc Childrens Books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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