The Forgotten War Against Chinese North Americans
Published by Patricia August 27th, 2008 in Human Rights, Racially Visible Tags: Temporarily disabled.Friday, November 21st at 8pm
Fairmont Social Lounge, St. John’s College, 2111 Lower Mall, University of British Columbia
A panel/discussion focusing on the experience of Chinese and Chinese-North-Americans on the west coast between 1880-1920. There will be two speakers: Dr. Jean Pfaelzer, author of the award-winning book Driven Out: The Forgotten War Against Chinese Americans (Random House 2007) and Dr. Patricia Roy, author of A White Man’s Province: British Columbia Politicians and Chinese and Japanese Immigrants 1858-1914.
- Dr. Pfaelzer is Professor of English at University of Delaware. More information about her book, Driven Out is available at http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl/9781400061341.html
- Dr. Roy is Professor Emeritus of History, University of Victoria. More information about her book, A White Man’s Province, is available at http://www.ubcpress.ca/search/title_book.asp?BookID=1506
Sponsored by the Departments of English and History, Canadian Studies, US Studies, Centre for Chinese Research, and St. John’s College, and the Chinese Canadian Historical Society of British Columbia.