Second in a proposed set of 3 vols. beginning with A white man's province.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"The least said, the better": the war years, 1914-18 -- "We could never be welded together": the inassimilability question, 1914-30 -- "Putting the Pacific Ocean between them": halting immigration, 1919-29 -- "Shoving the Oriental around": checking economic competition, 1919-30 -- "A problem of our own peoples": an interlude of apparent toleration, 1930-38 -- Inflaming the coast: the "menace" from Japan, 1919-41 -- "Poisoned by politics": the danger within, 1935-41.
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"The Oriental Question is a critical investigation of a troubling period in Canadian history. It will be of vital interest to scholars of British Columbian and Canadian history and politics and of Asian, diaspora, ethnicity, and immigration studies."--Jacket.
Chinese-- British Columbia-- History.
Immigrants-- British Columbia-- History.
Japanese-- British Columbia-- History.
Chinois-- Colombie-Britannique-- Histoire.
Immigrants-- Colombie-Britannique-- Histoire.
Japonais-- Colombie-Britannique-- Histoire.
15.59 history of great parts of the world, peoples, civilizations: other.
Chinese.
Chinezen.
Emigration and immigration-- Economic aspects.
Emigration and immigration.
Immigrants.
Immigratie.
Japanese.
Japanners.
Politics and government
Race relations.
British Columbia, Emigration and immigration, Economic aspects.
British Columbia, Emigration and immigration, History.
British Columbia, Politics and government.
British Columbia, Race relations.
Colombie-Britannique, Émigration et immigration, Aspect économique.
Colombie-Britannique, Émigration et immigration, Histoire.