No. 1 Mine: Racism revisited
Resource type
Authors/contributors
- Stonebanks, Roger (Author)
- McCallum, Todd (Author)
Title
No. 1 Mine: Racism revisited
Abstract
Discusses the anti-Chinese racism surrounding the No. 1 Mine disaster of 1887, when Chinese miners were unfairly blamed for the tragedy. A sign and plaque were unveiled in 1999 at the disaster's site in Nanaimo, BC, where 53 of the 150 miners killed were Chinese.
Publication
Labour/Le Travail
Volume
48
Pages
358-360
Date
Fall 2001
Language
en
ISSN
07003862
Accessed
4/27/15, 6:48 PM
Notes
Summary by Desmond Maley.
Citation
Stonebanks, R., & McCallum, T. (2001). No. 1 Mine: Racism revisited. Labour/Le Travail, 48, 358–360. http://www.lltjournal.ca/index.php/llt/article/view/5249
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