Enduring Hardship: The Chinese Laundry in Canada (Mercury Series (0316-1854)) - Softcover
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 - as poignantly evoked in this important new work. With the advent of modern laundry equipment and synthetic fibres in the 1950s, and the aging 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.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author:
Ban Seng Hoe is curator of Asian studies at the Canadian Museum of Civilization and founding president of the Folklore Studies Association of Canada.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherCanadian Museum of History
- Publication date1905
- ISBN 10 0660190788
- ISBN 13 9780660190785
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages86
- Rating
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
Enduring Hardship: The Chinese Laundry in Canada
Published by
Canadian Museum of History
(2003)
ISBN 10: 0660190788
ISBN 13: 9780660190785
Used
Hardcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Ex-library with the usual features. The interior is clean and tight. Binding is good. Cover shows light wear. Library label on the front. 86 pages. Illustrated with photographs. Ex-Library. Seller Inventory # 123012
Buy Used
US$ 88.00
Convert currency