دانلود کتاب The Chinese In Canada

This succinct sociological analysis of the Chinese in Canada, from their arrival in 1858 to the present, focuses on the development of institutional racism against the Chinese and its impact on the Chinese community. The first section examines the history of Chinese immigration to Canada: Why they came, how they were treated, and why a policy of racial exclusion was formulated against them: the major argument here is that institutional racism was a structural imperative that had little to do with cultural misunderstanding or individual idiosyncrasies. The second section deals with the impact of racism on the Chinese community, including the restriction of economic opportunities, the emergence of ethnic business, the disruption of conjugal life, and the delay of a second generation. The last section considers the occupational achievements of Chinese-Canadians in the period of industrial expansion in the 1960s and after; it focuses on the degree to which they have realized the Canadian dream of upward mobility and the kind of obstacles they have encountered in moving away from traditional service jobs into the professional sector.
PETER S. LI is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Social Research Unit at the University of Saskatchewan. He is the author of Social Research Methods (1981), Racial Minorities in Multicultural Canada (With B. Singh Bolaria, 1983), and Racial Oppression in Canada (1985).