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White Riot : the 1907 anti-Asian riots in Vancouver  Cover Image Book Book

White Riot : the 1907 anti-Asian riots in Vancouver / Henry Tsang.

Tsang, Henry, 1964- (author.).

Summary:

Essays and photographs that document the anti-Asian riots of 1907 in the context of contemporary anti-Asian sentiment. This book explores the conditions leading up to and the impact of a demonstration and parade in Vancouver, Canada, organized by the Asiatic Exclusion League and the ensuing mob attack on the city's Chinese Canadian and Japanese Canadian communities. Emblematic of a systemically racist era, White Riot reveals the social and political environment of the time, when racialized communities were targeted through legislated as well as physical acts of exclusion and violence. Based on 360 Riot Walk, a 360-degree video walking tour by artist and author Henry Tsang, White Riot offers an intersectional approach to this pivotal moment in the history of racialized communities and a cultural and social context for understanding for the current wave of anti-Asian sentiment. It features photographs of the riots colourized by Tsang as well as those of contemporary Vancouver where the riots took place. Essays by Tsang and others speak to the colonial times that preceded and followed the 1907 riots, as well as issues that Chinese and Japanese communities (and other racialized communities) in North America are facing today.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781551529196 (paperback)
  • Physical Description: 191 pages : illustrations (some colour), colour maps ; 21 x 26 cm
  • Publisher: Vancouver, British Columbia : Arsenal Pulp Press, [2023]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject: Riots > British Columbia > Vancouver > History > 20th century.
Racism against Asians > British Columbia > Vancouver > History > 20th century.
Asians > British Columbia > Vancouver > Social condition > 20th century.
Vancouver (B.C.) > Race relations.

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  • 10 of 10 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Castlegar Public Library.

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Castlegar Public Library 303.62309711 TSA (Text) 35146002354470 Non-Fiction Volume hold Available -


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