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Publication information Toronto, Ontario: Multicultural History Society of Ontario, 1995

Coming to Gum San : the story of Chinese Canadians

Burney, Shehla
Table of Contents
  • Cover
  • Title page
  • Contents
  • About the writing team
  • Whose history?
  • About this book
  • (Un)told (hi)stories
  • Reading between the lines
  • Visual overview of Chinese-Canadian history
  • Zhongben : the family historian
  • Gold mountain
  • Guangdong : leaving home
  • Working on the national dream
  • Building of the CPR
  • After the railway
  • Clan and community associations
  • Hard times
  • Head tax and the Exclusion Act
  • "The Piggery" in Victoria
  • Bride from China
  • But women did come
  • Window on Chinatown
  • Chinatowns
  • Basketball heroes
  • Standing up for our rights
  • My hometown
  • My family
  • Who was Confucius?
  • My favourite days
  • Chinese zodiac
  • Chinese diversity
  • Brief history of Hong Kong
  • Journey ahead : our present and future
  • Conclusion
  • Afterword
  • Resources
  • Credits
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