AbstractsEconomics
The immigration of Orientals into Canada, with special reference to Chinese.
| Institution: | McGill University |
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| Department: | Department of Economics & Political Science. |
| Degree: | PhD |
| Year: | 1958 |
| Keywords: | Economics & Political Science.; Chinese Canadians – History.; Canada – Emigration and immigration – History. |
| Record ID: | 1501927 |
| Full text PDF: | http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/thesisfile119110.pdf |
Abstract
The history of Canada's policies in the matter of Chinese immigration from 1870 to the present time may be divided into four distinct periods: The period of unrestricted immigration ending 1885; the period of the head-tax system from 1885 to 1923; the period of the exclusion of Chinese immigrants ending in 1947 and the period of limited admission of Chinese immigrants under the rules applicable to Asians in general. [...]
