Mercantile Mobility: Chinese Merchants in Western Canada by Cheung, Helen Kwan Yee

Mercantile Mobility: Chinese Merchants in Western Canada

This exhibition catalogue traces a group of dynamic Chinese merchants and their business activities in big cities...
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Author: Helen Kwan Yee Cheung
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Mercantile Mobility: Chinese Merchants in Western Canada by Cheung, Helen Kwan Yee

Mercantile Mobility: Chinese Merchants in Western Canada

CHF 53.41

Mercantile Mobility: Chinese Merchants in Western Canada

CHF 53.41
Author: Helen Kwan Yee Cheung
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

This exhibition catalogue traces a group of dynamic Chinese merchants and their business activities in big cities and small towns in Western Canada after they arrived from China, covering the mid-nineteenth century into the millennium. Their movements are illustrated on various maps and chronicled in many written accounts. By managing the flow of people, products, and money at the municipal, provincial, and global levels, these individuals added to the growth of the Canadian economy. Over a span of two years, curator Helen Kwan Yee Cheung met with these merchant families to record their migration footprints and eventual settlement. The catalogue features rare archival materials and valuable memorabilia, collected over a period of ten years, many of which were donated by the families featured in this publication. Through these efforts, she captures the heritage of Chinese merchants in Western Canada and fills a missing page in the region's history.



Author: Helen Kwan Yee Cheung
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Published: 06/01/2023
Pages: 168
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.07lbs
Size: 11.90h x 9.10w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781551954691

About the Author
Helen Kwan Yee Cheung received a Master of Arts in East Asian Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of Alberta. She curated a 2014 exhibition, Painted Faces on the Prairies, in the University of Alberta's Bruce Peel Special Collections that explored the history of Edmonton's Chinese community through the lens of Cantonese opera.

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