SOC 605 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Angelina Jolie, Roofer, Skilled Worker
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Nations communities that had become wealthy through fur trade became impoverished and pushed out of the fur trade, became relegated as another racialized minority community - forced them into residential schools, sixities scoop and reserves. 1870"s usa - different railroad nanciers began to build railways in the states, they were privately owned, so you had to pay them royalties in order to be able to use their tracks and transport goods and cargos. 1923-1947: chinese exclusion act - good enough to do the work but not good enough to be part of the nation. 1908: gentlemen"s agreement/lemieux agreement: minister of trade was. Japan was incredibly important to britain, usa and canada - wealthy and upper class as a sign of high social status - we couldn"t create a japanese exclusion act because all upper class loved japanese goods. 1930-1935: close door to the immigrants, no minimum wage laws, social safety, etc - if you lost your job you were screwed.
