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Canadian steel, Chinese grit  Cover Image DVD DVD

Canadian steel, Chinese grit / Sino-Foreign Who's Who Research Association of China and the China Railway Commission for the Next Working Generation in cooperation with David See-Chai Lam Centre for International Communication, Simon Fraser University, and the Institute of Asian Research, University of British Columbia ; written and directed by Karin Lee.

Summary:

Re-creates, re-examines and rethinks an important chapter of Canadian history with respect to the contributions of the Chinese railroad workers in building the Canadian Pacific Railway. Also explores the role of the descendants of these workers in politics, the economy and culture of Canada's multi-ethnic society.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (48 min.) : digital, sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: [Vancouver] : Sino-Foreign Who's Who Research Association of China : [1998;]

Content descriptions

System Details Note:
DVD format ; Dolby Digital 2.
Subject: Canadian Pacific Railway Company.
Chinese > British Columbia > History.
Railroad construction workers > British Columbia > History.
Chinese Canadians > British Columbia > History.
Railroads > British Columbia.
Chinese > British Columbia.
Chinese Canadians > History.
Chinese > Canada > History.
Railroad construction workers > Canada > History > 19th century.
Genre: Documentary films.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Camosun College Library.

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