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The Writing on the Wall
Chinese and Japanese Immigration to BC, 1920
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Hilda Glynn-Ward
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With contributions by:
Patricia Roy
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English
Published/Copyright:
1974
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The Writing on the Wall is a vivid illustration of the fear and prejudice with which immigrants were regarded in the early twentieth century.
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Glynn-Ward Hilda :
Hilda Glynn-Ward was the literary pseudonym of Mrs Hilda G. Howard (1887-1966). Of Welsh birth, she came to Canada in 1910 and spent most of her life on southern Vancouver Island. She was a prolific writer of prose and poetry, and her best known work is The Glamour of British Columbia, a travel book published in 1926.
Roy Patricia :Patricia E. Roy is a professor emeritus of the Department of History at the University of Victoria.
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Frontmatter
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Introduction
vi - Part I. The past
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Chapter 1. Introducing one Chung Lee and another man of parts
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Chapter 2. In which Gordon Morley tells no secrets
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Chapter 3. Which introduces Lizzie Laidlaw
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Chapter 4. In which the 'Empress' unships a valuable cargo
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Chapter 5. In which a famous lawyer finds himself in a hurry
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Chapter 6. Describing a yacht and a career
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Chapter 7. In which the fish inspector sees something that makes him sit up
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Chapter 8. In which Harding comes upon a 'pleasant joke'
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Chapter 9. In which Harding finds that two and two make four
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Chapter 10. In which Mrs Morley attends a reception
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Chapter 11. In which one Chinaman escapes justice and another gets a government job
69 - Part 2. The present (ten years after)
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Chapter 12. In which we hear of a wedding and a death
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Chapter 13. Which tells of an elopement
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Chapter 14. Showing the perspicacity of Peter McReady
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Chapter 16. In which there are many rumors and a few facts
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Chapter 17. In which Rose's nose is put out of joint and a man reaches the last stages
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Chapter 18. In which we meet Chung Lee again as a winner
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Chapter 19. In which the lieutenant-governor is confronted by a choice
121 - Part 3. The future
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Chapter 20. In which positions are reversed
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Chapter 21. In which yellow wins
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Chapter 22. In which many things are made clear
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Finis
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December 15, 2010
eBook ISBN:
9781442627628
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150
eBook ISBN:
9781442627628
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College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
