Cultivating Connections

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Cultivating Connections is written by Alison Marshall and published by UBC Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0774828021 (ISBN 10) and 9780774828024 (ISBN 13).

In the late 1870s, thousands of Chinese men left coastal British Columbia and the western United States and headed east. For them, the Prairies were a land of opportunity; there, they could open shops and potentially earn enough money to become merchants. The result of almost a decade's research and more than three hundred interviews, Cultivating Connections tells the stories of some of Prairie Canada's Chinese settlers - men and women from various generations who navigated cultural difference. These stories reveal the critical importance of networks in coping with experiences of racism and establishing a successful life on the Prairies.