Ancestors: Chinese in Colonial Australia by Jan Ryan
SKU TBM9781863681070
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Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9781863681070
Book Condition: Very Good
Author: Jan Ryan
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Fremantle Arts Centre Press
Place: Fremantle WA
Year: 1995
Format: Paperback
Pages: 191 pages
Period: 19th and 20th Century
Book Description
Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Front cover right tail corner, now protected with book tape. Interior and binding are still excellent.
All over the world, emigrant Chinese provided labour for the development of European colonies. Drawn from their homeland by the lure of higher wages or driven out by famine and war, the Chinese travelled to places many Europeans would not go to do work Europeans would not do.
In some parts of Australia, the colonists could not have prospered without the cheaper Chinese labour, while in other areas at other times, 'whites' declared that these strangers in their midst threatened their hard-won prosperity.
After Federation, Australia slammed the door on these guest workers and history forgot about their role in opening up the country. But memories persist, and few who remember the first half of the 20th Century fail to recall those Chinese who remained, living quietly on the periphery of their world.
Adding a new dimension to the study of Chinese in Australia, Ancestors traces the origins of some of these people, explains why they came to Australia and describes how they lived.
Ancestors: Chinese in Colonial Australia by Jan Ryan
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