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City in Colour: Rediscovered Stories of Victoria's Multicultural Past

City in Colour: Rediscovered Stories of Victoria's Multicultural Past

Wong, May Q.

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ISBN10: 1771512857
ISBN13: 9781771512855
Publisher: Touchwood Editions
Published: Oct 23 2018
Pages: 344
Weight: 0.85
Height: 1.00 Width: 5.60 Depth: 7.40
Language: English

Often described as more English than the English, the city of Victoria has a much more ethnically diverse background than historical record and current literature reveal. Significant contributions were made by many people of colour with fascinating stories, including:

  • the Kanaka, or Hawaiian Islanders, who constructed Fort Victoria, and members of the Kanaka community such as Maria Mahoi and William Naukana
  • three Metis matriarchs--Amelia Connolly Douglas, Josette Legacé Work, and Isabelle M. Mainville Ross
  • the Victoria Voltigeurs, the earliest police presence in the Colony of Vancouver Island, and who were primarily men of colour
  • Grafton Tyler Brown, now known in the United States as one of the first and best African American artists of the American West
  • Manzo Nagano, Canada's first recorded immigrant from Japan
  • and many more

With information about various cultural communities in early Victoria and significant dates, May Wong's City in Colour is a collection of fascinating stories of unsung characters whose stories are at the heart of Victoria's history.

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