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- catalog abstract ""Vancouver has one of the largest Chinese populations in North America. In The Chinese in Vancouver Wing Chung Ng captures the story of the city's Chinese in their search for identity between 1945 and 1980." "Ng juxtaposes the cultural positions of different generations of Chinese immigrants and their Canadian-born descendants and unveils an ongoing struggle between them over the definition of being Chinese. It is an engrossing account of cultural identity in a context of migration and settlement, where the influence of the native land and the appeal of the host society continue to impinge on the consciousness of the ethnic Chinese."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11404614.
- catalog coverage "Vancouver (B.C.) Ethnic relations.".
- catalog coverage "Vancouver (B.C.) History.".
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description ""Vancouver has one of the largest Chinese populations in North America. In The Chinese in Vancouver Wing Chung Ng captures the story of the city's Chinese in their search for identity between 1945 and 1980." "Ng juxtaposes the cultural positions of different generations of Chinese immigrants and their Canadian-born descendants and unveils an ongoing struggle between them over the definition of being Chinese. It is an engrossing account of cultural identity in a context of migration and settlement, where the influence of the native land and the appeal of the host society continue to impinge on the consciousness of the ethnic Chinese."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [178]-194) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction -- Early settlement andt he contours of identity -- Renewed immigration and cultural redefinition -- Local-born Chinese and the challenge to an Immigrant discourse -- Old-timers, public rituals, and the resilience of traditional organizations.".
- catalog extent "xii, 201 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0774807326 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Contemporary Chinese studies".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Vancouver : UBC Press,".
- catalog spatial "British Columbia Vancouver".
- catalog spatial "British Columbia Vancouver.".
- catalog spatial "British Coumbia Vancouver".
- catalog spatial "Vancouver (B.C.) Ethnic relations.".
- catalog spatial "Vancouver (B.C.) History.".
- catalog subject "Chinese British Columbia Vancouver Ethnic identity.".
- catalog subject "Chinese British Columbia Vancouver History.".
- catalog subject "Chinese British Coumbia Vancouver Ethnic identity.".
- catalog subject "Chinese Ethnic identity British Columbia Vancouver.".
- catalog subject "F1089.5.V22 N53 1999".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- Early settlement andt he contours of identity -- Renewed immigration and cultural redefinition -- Local-born Chinese and the challenge to an Immigrant discourse -- Old-timers, public rituals, and the resilience of traditional organizations.".
- catalog title "The Chinese in Vancouver, 1945-80 : the pursuit of identity and power / Wing Chung Ng.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".