Saltwater City an Illustrated History of the Chinese in Vancouver

Vancouver BC: Douglas & McIntyre. Very Good- in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 0888946163 . Ex-library with card pocket glued on front pastedown, library stamp on front free end paper ; A bright solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Apart from markings at front the book appears almost as new. This was a reference copy for use only in the library. The card in the card pocket shows no loanout records. ; Ex-Library; 9.8 X 9.4 X 0.9 inches; 174 pages; "Saltwater City pays tribute to those who went through the hard times, to those who swallowed their pride, to those who were powerless and humiliated, but who still carried on. They all had faith that things would be better for future generations. They have been proven correct. Canada’s first Chinese arrived in British Columbia in 1858 from California. Almost all mee—merchants, peasants, and laborers — and almost all from eight rural counties in the Pearl River delta in what is now Guangdong province — they came in search of gold and better fortune, escaping the rebellions, flood and drought of their homeland. By 1863 over 4,000 Chinese lived in B.C., filling jobs shunned by whites: miners, road builders, teamsters, laundry men, restaurateurs, domestic servants and cannery workers. Between 1881 and 1885, thousands more arrived, most imported to build the transcontinental railway. They were to create, in Vancouver, Canada’s largest and most dynamic Chinese Community, known to its original inhabitants as Saltwater City." .