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Brokering Belonging traces several generations of Chinese
"brokers," ethnic leaders who acted as intermediaries between the
Chinese and Anglo worlds of Canada. At the time, most Chinese could
not vote and many were illegal immigrants, so brokers played
informal but necessary roles as representatives to the larger
society. Brokers' work reveals the changing boundaries between
Chinese and Anglo worlds, and how tensions among Chinese shaped
them.
By reinserting Chinese back into mainstream politics, Brokering
Belonging alters common understandings of how legally "alien"
groups' helped create modern immigrant nations. Over several
generations, brokers deeply embedded Chinese immigrants in the
larger Canadian, U.S. and Chinese politics of their time. On the
19th century Western frontier, bilingual Chinese businessmen
competed with each other to represent their community. By the early
1920s, a new generation of brokers based in social movements
challenged traditional brokers, shifting the power dynamic within
the Chinese community. During the Second World War, social movement
protests helped reconfigure brokerage relations. By 1947, Chinese
had won voting rights in British Columbia and repeal of Canada's
Chinese exclusion act.
The history of brokers' work adds new transnational dimensions to
many central topics in Canadian, U.S., and Chinese Diaspora
history: immigration policy-making, party machines, law, migration,
unions, civil rights movements, and the founding of immigration
studies. Indeed, Chinese brokers' dealings with researchers from
the Chicago School of Sociology had an enduring impact on immigrant
scholarship, including beliefs that Asians were a diligent, patient
"model minority." Based on new Chinese language evidence, this book
recounts history from the 'middle, ' a view that is neither bottom
up nor top down. Through brokerage, Chinese wielded considerable
influence, navigating a period of anti-Asian sentiment and
exclusion throughout society. Consequently, Chinese immigrants
became significant players in race relations, influencing policies
that affected all Canadians and Americans.
Brokering Belonging traces several generations of Chinese
"brokers," ethnic leaders who acted as intermediaries between the
Chinese and Anglo worlds of Canada. At the time, most Chinese could
not vote and many were illegal immigrants, so brokers played
informal but necessary roles as representatives to the larger
society. Brokers' work reveals the changing boundaries between
Chinese and Anglo worlds, and how tensions among Chinese shaped
them.
By reinserting Chinese back into mainstream politics, Brokering
Belonging alters common understandings of how legally "alien"
groups' helped create modern immigrant nations. Over several
generations, brokers deeply embedded Chinese immigrants in the
larger Canadian, U.S. and Chinese politics of their time. On the
19th century Western frontier, bilingual Chinese businessmen
competed with each other to represent their community. By the early
1920s, a new generation of brokers based in social movements
challenged traditional brokers, shifting the power dynamic within
the Chinese community. During the Second World War, social movement
protests helped reconfigure brokerage relations. By 1947, Chinese
had won voting rights in British Columbia and repeal of Canada's
Chinese exclusion act.
The history of brokers' work adds new transnational dimensions to
many central topics in Canadian, U.S., and Chinese Diaspora
history: immigration policy-making, party machines, law, migration,
unions, civil rights movements, and the founding of immigration
studies. Indeed, Chinese brokers' dealings with researchers from
the Chicago School of Sociology had an enduring impact on immigrant
scholarship, including beliefs that Asians were a diligent, patient
"model minority." Based on new Chinese language evidence, this book
recounts history from the 'middle, ' a view that is neither bottom
up nor top down. Through brokerage, Chinese wielded considerable
influence, navigating a period of anti-Asian sentiment and
exclusion throughout society. Consequently, Chinese immigrants
became significant players in race relations, influencing policies
that affected all Canadians and Americans.
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