The Chinese In Canada

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CANADIAN CATALOGUING IN PUBLICATION DATA
Acknowledgements
Contents
Preface
Introduction
	Sociological themes of racial inequality
I THE DEVELOPMENT OF INSTITUTIONAL RACISM
	1 Chinese Emigration
		Conditions in China
		Mechanisms of Chinese immigration
		The social background of Chinese emigrants
		TABLE 1.1 STATED OCCUPATION OF A RANDOM SAMPLE OF CHINESE ENTERING CANADA, 1885-1903
		The mobility dream and sojourner orientation
	2 Racism Against the Chinese
		Chinese labour and the opening of the west
		Anti-orientalism and legislative control
		The meaning of institutional racism
		TABLE 2.1 TOTAL REVENUE FROM HEAD TAX AND REGISTRATIONS FOR LEAVE OF CHINESE IMMIGRANTS, 1886-1943
II THE CHINESE COMMUNITY IN THE EXCLUSION ERA
	3 Occupations and Ethnic Business
		Chinese labourers in a split labour market
		TABLE 3.1 WAGES OF CHINESE AND WHITE LABOUR BY SELECTED OCCUPATIONS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA, AROUND 1900
		Occupational patterns under exclusion
		TABLE 3.2 OCCUPATIONS OF CHINESE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA (1885), VICTORIA (1901), AND CANADA (1921, 1931)
		TABLE 3.3 DISTRIBUTION OF CHINESE POPULATION IN CANADA, 1881-1941
		The social organization of Chinese businesses
	4 Marriage and the Family
		The traditional Chinese family: myth and reality
		Historical patterns of the Chinese-Canadian family
		TABLE 4.1 AGE AND SEX OF CHINESE IMMIGRANTS ADMITTED ANNUALLY TO CANADA, 1907-24
		TABLE 4.2 SEX RATIO AND NATIVITY OF CHINESE IN CANADA, 1881-1981
		Married life in separation
		TABLE 4.3 MARITAL STATUS BY SEX, FOR CHINESE IN CANADA15 YEARS OF AGE AND OVER, 1941-71
		TABLE 4.4 ESTIMATED NUMBERS OF FAMILY TYPES AMONG CHINESE IN CANADA, 1941-71
		The delay of a second generation
		The family and labour reproduction
	5 Community Organizations and Social Life
		The emergence of Chinese social organizations
		The Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association
		The proliferation of Chinese organizations and their politics
		Social life and vice activities in Chinatowns
III THE EMERGENCE OF THE CHINESE COMMUNITY AFTER THE WAR
	6 Chinese Immigration to Canada
		The enfranchisement of the Chinese
		Changes in Canadian immigration policy
		Characteristics of post-war Chinese immigrants
		TABLE 6.1 CHINESE IMMIGRANTS ADMITTED TO CANADA, 1949-55
		TABLE 6.2 AGE COMPOSITION OF CHINESE IMMIGRANTS ADMITTED TO CANADA, 1956-84
		TABLE 6.3 SEX RATIO (MALES PER 100 FEMALES) OF CHINESE IMMIGRANTS ADMITTED TO CANADA, 1956-84
		TABLE 6.4 INTENDED OCCUPATION OF CHINESE IMMIGRANTS DESTINED TO THE CANADIAN LABOUR FORCE, 1954-84
	7 Contemporary Chinese-Canadians
		Social and demographic characteristics
		TABLE 7.1 DISTRIBUTION OF CHINESE-CANADIANS BY PROVINCES, 1981
		TABLE 7.2 PERIOD OF IMMIGRATION TO CANADA FOR CHINESE-CANADIANS, 1971, 1981
		TABLE 7.3 AGE COMPOSITION OF FOREIGN-BORN AND NATIVE-BORN CHINESE-CANADIANS, 1971, 1981
		Linguistic characteristics
		TABLE 7.4 MOTHER TONGUE AND LANGUAGE MOST OFTEN SPOKEN AT HOME, FOR CHINESE-CANADIANS, 1981
		TABLE 7.5 OFFICIAL BILINGUALISM AMONG FOREIGN-BORN AND NATIVE-BORN CHINESE-CANADIANS, 1981
		The contemporary Chinese-Canadian family
		TABLE 7.6 TYPES OF HOUSEHOLD FOR CHINESE-CANADIANS AND OTHER CANADIANS, 1981
		Changing characteristics of the Chinese-Canadian community
	8 Social Mobility and Inequality
		Social mobility
		TABLE 8.1 OCCUPATIONS OF CHINESE IN THE EMPLOYED LABOUR FORCE OF CANADA, 15 YEARS OF AGE AND OVER, 1971, 1981
		TABLE 8.2 LEVEL OF SCHOOLING FOR FOREIGN-BORN AND NATIVE BORN CHINESE-CANADIANS AND OTHER CANADIANS, 15  YEARS OF AGE AND OVER, 1981
		TABLE 8.3 OCCUPAT IONS OF FOREIGN-BORN AND NATIVE-BORN CHINESE-CANADIANS AND OTHER CANADIANS, 1981
		Structural forces of social mobility
		The cost of being Chinese in the Canadian labour market
		TABLE 8.4 GROSS AND NET EFFECTS OF ETHNIC ORIGIN ON ANNUAL EARNINGS
		TABLE 8.5 DISTRIBUTION OF CHINESE-CANADIANS AND OTHER CANADIANS IN PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS, 1981
		The future of the Chinese in Canada
	9 Race and Culture
		Myth and reality of race
		Limitations of the transplanted cultural thesis
		The assimilationist bias and the multicultural myth
		Concluding remarks
Notes
	Introduction
	1: Chinese Emigration
	2: Racism Against The Chinese
	3: Occupations and Ethnic Business
	4: Marriage and the Family
	5: Community Organizations and Social Life
	6: Chinese Immigration to Canada
	7: Contemporary Chinese-Canadians
	8: Social Mobility and Inequality
	9: Race and Culture
References
	Public documents
		CANADA
		U.S.
	Books and Articles
Author Index
Subject Index
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