The Triumph of Citizenship: The Japanese and Chinese in Canada, 1941-67

by Patricia E. Roy

In this companion volume to A White Man's Province and The Oriental Question, Patricia E. Roy examines the climax of antipathy to Asians in Canada: the removal of all Japanese Canadians from the BC coast in 1942. Their free return was not allowed until 1949. Yet the war also brought increased respect for Chinese Canadians; they were enfranchised in 1947 and the federal government softened its ban on Chinese immigration. The Triumph of Citizenship...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0774813814
• ISBN13: 9780774813815
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"