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- catalog abstract ""Faced with systematic discrimination in Canada, early Chinese immigrants had little choice but to create their own economic niche. From the turn of the twentieth century through the Second World War, a majority of Canada's Chinese immigrants were laundry workers in towns and cities from coast to coast. Although the hand laundry was not a traditional trade in China, laundry work required little capital, and could be performed despite a lack of familiarity with Western languages and financial systems. The hours were long, the work was physically demanding, and most Chinese laundry workers lived a marginal existence." "With the advent of modern laundry equipment and synthetic fibres in the 1950s, and the ageing of the laundrymen themselves, the Chinese hand laundry came to an end. To generations of Chinese-Canadians, however, it remains a symbol of hard work, sacrifice and enduring hardship."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog alternative "Chinese laundry in Canada".
- catalog contributor b13276977.
- catalog contributor b13276978.
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""Faced with systematic discrimination in Canada, early Chinese immigrants had little choice but to create their own economic niche. From the turn of the twentieth century through the Second World War, a majority of Canada's Chinese immigrants were laundry workers in towns and cities from coast to coast. Although the hand laundry was not a traditional trade in China, laundry work required little capital, and could be performed despite a lack of familiarity with Western languages and financial systems. The hours were long, the work was physically demanding, and most Chinese laundry workers lived a marginal existence." "With the advent of modern laundry equipment and synthetic fibres in the 1950s, and the ageing of the laundrymen themselves, the Chinese hand laundry came to an end. To generations of Chinese-Canadians, however, it remains a symbol of hard work, sacrifice and enduring hardship."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Historical context -- Laundry operation: toil and drudgery -- An isolated and monotonous world: reflections on life experiences -- Laundries and Canadian society -- Conclusion: an unforgettable page in history.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [85]-86).".
- catalog extent "86 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Enduring hardship.".
- catalog identifier "0660190788".
- catalog isFormatOf "Enduring hardship.".
- catalog isPartOf "Cultural studies paper (Canadian Museum of Civilization) ; 76.".
- catalog isPartOf "Cultural studies paper, 1707-8970 ; 76".
- catalog isPartOf "Mercury series, 0316-1854".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "Summary in French.".
- catalog language "eng fre".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Gatineau, Quebec : Canadian Museum of Civilization,".
- catalog relation "Enduring hardship.".
- catalog spatial "Canada".
- catalog subject "331.6/251071 21".
- catalog subject "Chinese Canada History.".
- catalog subject "HD8039.L32 C364 2003".
- catalog subject "Laundry workers Canada History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Historical context -- Laundry operation: toil and drudgery -- An isolated and monotonous world: reflections on life experiences -- Laundries and Canadian society -- Conclusion: an unforgettable page in history.".
- catalog title "Chinese laundry in Canada".
- catalog title "Enduring hardship : the Chinese laundry in Canada / Ban Seng Hoe.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".