GEO 793 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Chinese Head Tax In Canada, Ethnic Enclave, Chinese Kin
5 Dec 2018
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And was swept up in the reform movemen. 1. old chinatown to chinatown west" (*major tour focus*) Chinatown is no longer the kind of chinatown we normally have in our minds. It is much more complex and dynamic; and the reconfiguration process further demonstrates its further evolution to a new" mode of existence. Its newness" is one of nature: it is no longer a truly ethnic chinese place, but a composite of asian ethnic elements (luk and phan. 2006) Kensington history, jewish place-making: (1931distriubtuin of jewish residents) Close to the city"s downtown core, the market was a historic immigrant reception area dating from the mid-19th century, when it was originally lined with small houses built for irish and scottish labourers By the early 1900s, the neighbourhood housed a majority of the city"s jewish community, many of whom converted the ground floors of their homes into shops" (mclean and rahder, 2013)
