5 “The Most Disreputable Characters”: Mixed-Bloods, Internal Enemies, and Imperial Futures

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1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vi
4. Acknowledgments vii
5. Heterogeneity and Interraciality in British Columbia’s Colonial “Contact Zone” 1
6. The Racial Impurities of Global Capitalism: The Politics of Labour, Interraciality, and Lawlessness in the Salmon Canneries 35
7. (White) Slavery, Colonial Knowledges, and the Rise of State Racisms 77
8. National Formations and Racial Selves: Chinese Traffickers and Aboriginal Victims in British Columbia’s Illicit Liquor Trade 122
9. “The Most Disreputable Characters”: Mixed-Bloods, Internal Enemies, and Imperial Futures 163
10. Conclusion: Colonial Pasts, Entangled Presents, and Promising Futures 201
11. Notes 212
12. Bibliography 245
13. Index 259
14. Law and Society 270