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From Slave Girls to Salvation: Gender, Race, and Victoria's Chinese Rescue Home, 1886-1923

Shelly D. Ikebuchi

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Description:For decades, the Chinese Rescue Home was a fixture of the landscape of Victoria, British Columbia. Originally a refuge for Chinese prostitutes and slave girls rescued from captivity, it became a residence and school where the Methodist Woman's Missionary Society attempted to reform Chinese and Japanese girls and women. They did this, in part, by teaching them domestic skills meant to ease their integration into Western society. This book offers the first in-depth history and analysis of this iconic institution from 1886 to 1923 and expands our understanding of the complex interplay between gender, race, and class in BC during this time.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with From Slave Girls to Salvation: Gender, Race, and Victoria's Chinese Rescue Home, 1886-1923. To get started finding From Slave Girls to Salvation: Gender, Race, and Victoria's Chinese Rescue Home, 1886-1923, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 232

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: UBC Press

Release: 2015

ISBN: 0774830565

Description: For decades, the Chinese Rescue Home was a fixture of the landscape of Victoria, British Columbia. Originally a refuge for Chinese prostitutes and slave girls rescued from captivity, it became a residence and school where the Methodist Woman's Missionary Society attempted to reform Chinese and Japanese girls and women. They did this, in part, by teaching them domestic skills meant to ease their integration into Western society. This book offers the first in-depth history and analysis of this iconic institution from 1886 to 1923 and expands our understanding of the complex interplay between gender, race, and class in BC during this time.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with From Slave Girls to Salvation: Gender, Race, and Victoria's Chinese Rescue Home, 1886-1923. To get started finding From Slave Girls to Salvation: Gender, Race, and Victoria's Chinese Rescue Home, 1886-1923, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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