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The Excluded Wife
by Woon, Yuen-Fong
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine +
- ISBN 10
- 0773517308
- ISBN 13
- 9780773517301
- Seller
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Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Montreal / Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1998. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The personal effect of the racist Chinese Immigration (Exclusion) Act, passed by the Canadian government in 1923, on Chinese women is examined through the character of Sau-Ping, who is forced to stay behind when her husband emigrates to Canada.. The author is an associate professor of Pacific and Asian Studies, University of Victoria. Red boards with gilt lettering on spine. 295pp.
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- Bookseller
- High Park Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000852
- Title
- The Excluded Wife
- Author
- Woon, Yuen-Fong
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0773517308
- ISBN 13
- 9780773517301
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Place of Publication
- Montreal / Kingston
- Date Published
- 1998
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Women-China-Fiction Canadian Racism
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canadian History; Women's Studies;
- X weight
- 0 kg
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High Park Books
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Kitchener, Ontario
About High Park Books
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