Jewels of the Qila The Remarkable Story of an Indo-Canadian Family

Name: Jewels of the Qila The Remarkable Story of an Indo-Canadian Family
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ISBN: 9780774822176

ISBN-10: 0774822171

ISBN-13: 9780774822176

Edition: 2011

Authors: Hugh J. M. Johnston

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Canadians categorize Indo-Canadians as visible minorities, yet thehistories of their communities remain invisible. InJewels of theQila,Hugh Johnston draws on memoirs and interviews, newspaperarticles and photographs, to tell the story of three generations of aremarkable Sikh family and the communities they lived in and supportedin both Canada and India.The Siddoos are Punjabi. Kapoor Singh, father and grandfather,arrived in British Columbia in 1912 and overcame racial prejudice andlegal discrimination to transform himself from day labourer to lumberbaron, publisher, philanthropist, and community leader. As hecampaigned for citizenship and immigration rights for his people, heand his wife,…

Book details

List price: $35.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Publication date: 7/1/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.82" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Hugh J.M. Johnston is an historian affiliated with Simon Fraser University. Among his publications are two other books on Punjabis in Canada, The Four Quarters of the Night: The Life Journey of an Emigrant Sikh and Jewels of the Qila: The Remarkable Story of an Indo-Canadian Family.



Illustrations


Preface


Acknowledgments



Pioneers



Jagirdar Families



Emigrant Jathas



Settling in Canada



Trouble in British Columbia



Refuge in Ontario



The Lumber Business



Women and Children at Mayo Siding



Village Life in Canada and India



Ending a Partnership: Life in the City



Citizens without Votes



A Real United Nations in Practice



Lessons about India and Spirituality



The Hospital at Aur



Finding a Teacher and Losing a Father



Marriages and Losing a Mother



Canada and India



The Span of a Century


Notes


Index